apófase

Portuguese

Etymology

Via Late Latin apophasis from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”) from ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) +‎ φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from φημί (phēmí, “to speak”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence via Proto-Italic *fāōr, *fāmā comes Latin fārī, fāma, cognate to fala, Spanish fama, English fame.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.fa.zi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpɔ.fa.ze/

Noun

apófase f (plural apófases)

  1. (rhetoric) apophasis (allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned)
  2. (theology) apophatism (a belief, a theory on approaching knowledge of God in a negative way)
    Synonym: apofatismo
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