Synonyms for "apophatism"

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

faithreligionreligious belief

Antonyms

2 entries

cataphatismdoctrine of analogy

Related terms

1 entries

apophatic

has context

1 entries

theology

is a

1 entries

religion

related to

5 entries

apophaticapproachbeliefnegativetheory

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Greek

1 entries

• αποφατισμός noun (a theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative assertions)

Polish

1 entries

• apofatyzm noun (a theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative assertions)

Portuguese

2 entries

• apofatismo noun (a theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative assertions)
• apófase noun (a theory of approaching knowledge of God through negative assertions)

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