Definition of APOPHATISM

apophatism

Meanings

Plural: apophatisms

Noun

  • the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)
  • A theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative rather than positive assertions.

Antonyms

cataphatism, doctrine of analogy

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