apófase

Meaning

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

Concepts

apophasis

apophatism

Synonyms

apofatismo

Translations

paralipsis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈpɔ.fa.zi/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: fārī

Cognate with Spanish: fama

Cognate with English: fame

In summary

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.