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Noun: apophatism
  1. The religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely 'other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)

Type of: belief, faith, religion, religious belief

Antonym: analogy, cataphatism

Encyclopedia: Apophatism

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