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apophasis.

denial, negation, repudiation

9 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[aˈpɔ.pʰa.sɪs]Classical-Latin[aˈpɔː.fa.s̬is]

  1. denial, negation, repudiation

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. apophasis; ironically alluding to a subject matter by denying that the subject will be mentioned, embedded within a statement or rhetorical question whereby one, as it were, answers himself

    Late-Latin · declension-3 · feminine · rhetoric

  3. apprehending knowledge of what is true about an unknowable, such as the essence of a divine being like God, by a negative process of denying propositions that are knowably untrue

    Ecclesiastical · Latin · declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”), ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from ἀπόφημι (apóphēmi, “speak out; say no, refuse, deny”) from Attic Greek φημί (phēmí), Doric Greek φᾱμί (phāmí) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence via Proto-Italic *fāōr, *fāmā compare fārī, fābula, fāma, hence English fable, fame.

noun[aˈpɔ.pʰa.sɪs]Classical-Latin[aˈpɔː.fa.s̬is]

  1. accusative plural of apophasis

    accusative · form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”), ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from ἀπόφημι (apóphēmi, “speak out; say no, refuse, deny”) from Attic Greek φημί (phēmí), Doric Greek φᾱμί (phāmí) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence via Proto-Italic *fāōr, *fāmā compare fārī, fābula, fāma, hence English fable, fame.

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