apophatic
[,æpə'fætik]
- adj. 用否定方法所得的
英文词源
- apophatic (adj.)
- "involving a mention of something one feigns to deny; involving knowledge obtained by negation," 1850, from Greek apophatikos, from apophasis "denial, answer," from apophanai "to speak off," from apo- "off" (see apo-) + phanai "to speak," related to pheme "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)).