"koan" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈkəʊ.ɑːn\, \ˈkoʊ.ɑn\ Audio: En-us-koan.ogg Forms: koans [plural]
  1. Koan.
    Sense id: fr-koan-en-noun-BTeXRZGV Categories (other): Lexique en anglais du bouddhisme Topics: Buddhism
  2. Aporie.
    Sense id: fr-koan-en-noun-gcUGmPsw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kōan
Categories (other): Noms communs en breton, Anglais

Inflected forms

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    "Du japonais 公案, kōan, lui-même issu du chinois classique 公案 (littéralement « cas public »)."
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          "ref": "Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow, 1973",
          "text": "Gibberish. Or else a koan that Achtfaden isn’t equipped to master, a transcendent puzzle that could lead him to some moment of light."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 303), 2001",
          "text": "As always the koan “Why, Why am I here, why here” begins in her head, but she beats it back like a housewife with a broom."
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