apophatic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
That passively defines a thing by describing what is not characteristic of it.

/apə(ʊ)ˈfatɪk/

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From Ancient Greek ἀποφατικός (apophatikós, “negative”).

cataphatic

apophatism

apophatically

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