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apophases

apophases is the plural of apophasis.

Meaning of apophasis

Noun

apophasis (countable and uncountable, plural apophases)

  1. (rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned.
    • Apophasis, affecting to conceal;
      What it would seem to hide, will yet reveal.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Apophasis.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 63
  2. A process of arriving at knowledge by statements of denial; particularly, developing a concept of God through negative assertions about his nature.
    Synonyms:
    apophatic theology, via negativa

Questions about apophases

What is apophases the plural of?
Apophases is the plural of apophasis.

Words near apophases in the dictionary

  1. apopetalous
  2. apophallation
  3. apophanous
  4. apophantic
  5. apophany
  6. apophases
  7. apophasis
  8. apophatic
  9. apophatically
  10. apophatism
  11. apophatisms

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