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MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

die Apophase

apophasis (bringing something up by saying you will not mention it)

Mit einer Apophase brachte er die alten Vorwürfe erneut ins Gespräch, indem er versicherte, er wolle sie keinesfalls wieder aufwärmen.

He brought the old accusations back into the conversation by insisting that he had no intention whatsoever of rehashing them.

apophasis; negative theology (describing God by saying what God is not)

Im Gespräch über Apophase fragte sie, ob die Aussage, Gott sei nicht an Raum und Zeit gebunden, mehr kläre, als sie offenlasse.

In the discussion of apophasis, she asked whether saying that God is not bound by space and time clarified more than it left unresolved.

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