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aporia.

An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əˈpɔːɹɪə/UK/əˈpɔɹiə/General-American
  1. An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.

    rhetoric
  2. An apparently insoluble contradiction or tension, especially in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker; a paradox.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin aporia, from Ancient Greek ἀπορία (aporía), from ἄπορος (áporos, “impassable”), from ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”). By surface analysis, a- + pore + -ia.

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