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Meaning of apophasis | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[aˈpɔ.pʰa.sɪs]

Definitions

  1. denial, negation, repudiation
  2. accusative plural of apophasis
    accusative, form-of, plural
  3. 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
  4. 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

Equivalents

العربية رفض
Български отричане
Bosanski отказ
Hrvatski отказ
Bahasa Indonesia penolakan
Íslenska höfnun neitun
Italiano ripudio ripudio
日本語 否認 拒否
한국어 부인
Nederlands afwijzing ontkenning
Српски отказ
Türkçe reddetme

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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