Meanings
adjectiveaporetic (comparative more aporetic, superlative most aporetic)
comparative more aporetic · superlative most aporetic · alternative aporetical
- Tending to doubt.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekἀπορητικός
- Frenchaporétique
- Englishaporetic
From French aporétique, from Ancient Greek ἀπορητικός (aporētikós), from ἄπορος (áporos). By surface analysis, pore + -etic.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian скептичен
- скептичен (skeptičen)tending to doubt
Catalan aporètic
- aporètictending to doubt
Dutch twijfelachtig
- twijfelachtigtending to doubt
Finnish epäileväinen
- epäileväinentending to doubt
German aporetisch
- aporetischtending to doubt
Italian aporetico
- aporeticotending to doubt
Portuguese aporético
- aporéticotending to doubt
Spanish aporético
- aporéticotending to doubt
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with aporetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
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Cite this entry
APA
aporetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aporetic
MLA
“aporetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aporetic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aporetic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aporetic.
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