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APOPHATIC

Dictionary entry overview: What does apophatic mean?

• APOPHATIC (adjective)
The adjective APOPHATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as 'God is unknowable')

Familiarity information: APOPHATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• APOPHATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as 'God is unknowable')

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

apophatism (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))

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