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Meaning of word apophatism from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
apophatism noun
Meaning : 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).
The religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image').
cataphatismThe religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater. Any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate.
analogy, doctrine of analogy
Apophatism meaning in Bengali (Bangla).