noun

problema

pruh-BLEH-muh

noun

A question or puzzle posed for scholarly debate, in the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy.

"The philosophy seminar spent the whole session unpacking a single Aristotelian problema."

How to Use Problema

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In plain EnglishA scholarly term for a posed question or puzzle, closely related to the everyday word "problem."

Easily confused with

problem →

problemata plural

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The philosophy seminar spent the whole session unpacking a single Aristotelian _____.

An unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek problema, the same root that eventually gave English the word "problem."

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