Apophatic

/apə(ʊ)ˈfatɪk/

Synonyms for "apophatic" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
negation basednegativenegative theology

Related words (5)

Adjective(5 words)
negatively definednegativismnegativist theologianvia negativavia negativa advocate

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
descriptive adjectivedescriptive approachdoctrineepistemological stancetheological termtheology

More specific

9 entries
apophatic theologyapophaticismapophatismapophatistdefinitional negationnegative predicationnegative theologyvia negativavia negativa theologian

Collocations

7 entries
apophatic approachapophatic languageapophatic methodapophatic theologyapophatistnegative theologyvia negativa

Inflections

3 entries
apophaticsmore apophaticmost apophatic

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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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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Augustine had absorbed the underlying spirit of Greek apophatic theology, but the West did not develop a fully fledged spirituality of silence until the ninth century, when the writings of an unknown Greek author were translated into Latin and achieved near-canonical status in Europe.

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Here is a sudden interruption of remorseless, detailed exposition with a triple-punch of one-sentence paragraphs of self-indentification (2.1–2.4), and of an apophatic, negative kind, statements of what communists are not, have not, do not—[…]

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