[uh-pawr-ee-uh, uh-pohr-] 
[uh-pawr-ee-ee, uh-pohr-] . | 1. | Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say. |
| 2. | Logic, Philosophy. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. |
| a·po·ri·a (ə-pôr'ē-ə, ə-pōr'-) n.
[Greek, difficulty of passing, from aporos, impassable : a-, without; see a-1 + poros, passage; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
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