cataphatic
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).
Adjective[edit]
cataphatic (not comparable)
- (theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
- (by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.