cataphatic

/K AE0 T AH0 F AE1 T IH0 K/
adjective
  1. 1

    Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).

  2. 2

    (by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof.

Antonyms

apophatic

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