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cataphatic

cataphatic adjective: pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).

Adjective

cataphatic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
  2. (broadly) That which actively defines a thing by describing what is characteristic of it.

Antonyms of cataphatic

Forms of cataphatic

alternative formkataphatic

Origin of cataphatic

From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).

Words formed from cataphatic

Questions about cataphatic

What does cataphatic mean?
Cataphatic means pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
What part of speech is cataphatic?
Cataphatic is an adjective.

Words near cataphatic in the dictionary

  1. catapeltic
  2. catapeltics
  3. catapetalous
  4. cataphasia
  5. cataphasis
  6. cataphatic
  7. cataphatically
  8. cataphile
  9. cataphiles
  10. cataphonic
  11. cataphonics

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