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has gloss	(noun) 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
lexicalization	eng: apophatism
subclass of	(noun) a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" religious belief, faith, religion

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opposite	(noun) the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') cataphatism
opposite	(noun) the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate analogy, doctrine of analogy