cataphasis
Americannoun
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Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
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Theology. knowledge, understanding, or description of God through positive statements about qualities and characteristics that God possesses, as "God is good."
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Etymology
Origin of cataphasis
1850–60; < Greek katáphasis < kata- cata- + phásis appearance; see phasis
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