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kataphatisch

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kataphat-isch bejahend, zustimmend; Gegenbegriff zu apophatisch

From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”).

Adjective

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cataphatic (not comparable)

  1. (theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
  2. (by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what is characteristic of it.