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kataphatic

kataphatic is the alternative form of cataphatic.

Meaning of cataphatic

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.

Words formed from kataphatic

Questions about kataphatic

What is kataphatic the alternative form of?
Kataphatic is the alternative form of cataphatic.

Words near kataphatic in the dictionary

  1. Katangtang
  2. katanin
  3. Katanning
  4. katanosin
  5. katanosins
  6. kataphatic
  7. kataphatically
  8. kataphora
  9. kataphoresis
  10. kataphoretic
  11. kataphoric

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