APOPHATISM Antonyms
Definition of APOPHATISM
apophatic
Best Opposite Words For APOPHATISM
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affirmation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something • the act of affirming or asserting or stating something • (religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds) • a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand | ||||||||
certainty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state of being certain • something that is certain | ||||||||
clarity | nounn | |||||||
noun • free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression • the quality of clear water | ||||||||
definiteness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being predictable with great confidence | ||||||||
dogmatism | nounn | |||||||
noun • tendency to assert principles as undeniably true | ||||||||
explicitness | nounn | |||||||
noun • clarity as a consequence of being explicit | ||||||||
literalism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature • a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense | ||||||||
positivism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) • a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness | ||||||||
cataphatism | nounn | |||||||
noun • 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') | ||||||||
doctrine of analogy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the 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 |