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apophatic

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9 lettersPronunciation /apə(ʊ)ˈfatɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aachiopptStarts with AEnds with C0 clues
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  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’)

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • For him, the assertions of Palamas ran counter to the apophatic insistence in Pseudo-Dionysius that God was unknowable in his essence.

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