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Apophatic
Meaning
Adj
●
In Theology & Philosophy:
Pertaining to knowledge of God
obtained
through
negation
rather than
positive assertions.
●
That which
passively
defines
a
thing
by
describing
what it is
not
characteristic
thereof.
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Origin
apophatic
English
ἀποϕατικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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Etym
Antonyms
Cataphatic
Related
Pantheistic
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