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aporia
a·po·ri·a [ ə páwree ə ] (plural a·po·ri·as)


noun 
Definition:
 
difficulty in establishing truth: a confusion in establishing the truth of a proposition
[Mid-16th century. Via late Latin< Greek< aporos "without passage" < poros "passage" (see pore1)]

a·po·ret·ic [ àppə réttik ] adjective
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