"cataphatic" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic)."
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        "(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic)."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
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          "word": "cataphatique"
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          "sense": "pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is",
          "word": "kataphatisch"
        },
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          "sense": "pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is",
          "word": "katafatyczny"
        }
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        "That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof."
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        "(by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof."
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic)."
      ],
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        "(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic)."
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    },
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        "That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof."
      ],
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        "(by extension) That which actively defines a thing by describing what it is characteristic thereof."
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    {
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is",
      "word": "cataphatique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is",
      "word": "kataphatisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is",
      "word": "katafatyczny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cataphatic"
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