apophatic

adjective

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')

Roots

apoapo- · Greek · away, off (here: negation)phanaiphat- · Greek · to speak, say ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to

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