apophatic

apophatic

(ˌæpəˈfætɪk)
adj
of or relating to the belief that God can only be described by a process of negation
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Adj.1.apophatic - of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')
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apophatisch
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