aporia
Noun
Meaning
A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
change
difference
contrast
conflict
comparison
departure
catch
differential
ambiguity
breach
deviation
contradiction
clash
alteration
discrepancy
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Dumezil has elaborated an interpretative theory according to which this aporia would be an intrinsic, fundamental feature of Indoeuropean deities of the primordial and sovereign level, as it finds a parallel in Vedic religion.
Derrida refers to this point as an "aporia" in the text; thus, deconstructive reading is termed "aporetic."