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cataphasis
[ kuh-taf-uh-sis ]
noun
- Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
- Theology. knowledge, understanding, or description of God through positive statements about qualities and characteristics that God possesses, as "God is good." positive theology none.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ··· [kat-, uh, -, fat, -ik], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cataphasis1
1850–60; < Greek 첹á < kata- cata- none + á appearance; see phasis none
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