apófase

Portuguese

noun
Definitions
  • (rhetoric) apophasis allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned
  • (theology) apophatism a belief, a theory on approaching knowledge of God in a negative way

Etymology

Derived from Latin apophasis derived from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (denial, negation), φάσις (appearance, statement, proposition, an appearance, utterance) derived from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂, *bʰeh₂- (speak), *bʰeh₂- (speak, shine, say, glow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeh₂-

Gloss

speak, shine, say, glow

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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