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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)
    "Apophatism is central to many mystical traditions, emphasizing the ineffability of the divine"

Type of: belief, faith, religion, religious belief

Antonym: analogy, cataphatism

Encyclopedia: Apophatism