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Showing words for APOPHASIS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Apophasis

apophasis

8 Letter Words for Apophasis

apoapsis

7 Letter Words for Apophasis

poishas, psophia, shippos

6 Letter Words for Apophasis

aposia, aspish, hippos, paisas, papaio, papish, pashas, phasis, phosis, poisha, popish, sapiao, sappho, sapsap, shippo, sophia, sophis, spahis

5 Letter Words for Apophasis

apass, aphis, apios, apish, apsis, aspis, assai, hasps, hippo, hopis, oasis, ohias, opahs, ossia, pahos, paisa, papas, papio, pasha, pasis, passa, passo, phoss, pipas, pisos, psoai, psoas, shaps, ships, shops, soapi, soaps, sophi, sophs, spahi, sposh

4 Letter Words for Apophasis

aahs, ahas, aias, apia, apio, apis, apps, asap, asia, asio, asop, asps, assi, haps, hasp, hips, hiss, hoas, hopi, hops, hosp, hoss, ipso, isos, ohia, opah, opai, osha, ossa, paas, paha, pahi, paho, pahs, paip, pais, papa, paps, pash, pasi, paso, pass, phis, phos, pias, pipa, pips, pisa, pish, piso, piss, poas, poha, pohs, pois, pops, posh, poss, psha, psia, psis, saip, sais, sapa, sapo, saps, sasa, sash, shap, shia, ship, shop, sips, sish, soap, soph, sops, sosh, spas

3 Letter Words for Apophasis

aah, aas, aha, ahi, aho, ahs, aia, ais, apa, aph, app, ash, asp, ass, hao, hap, has, hia, hip, his, hoa, hoi, hop, hos, iaa, iao, ihp, ihs, ios, iph, ipo, ips, ish, iso, oas, ohs, ois, opa, opp, ops, osi, pah, pap, pas, phi, pho, pia, pip, pis, poa, poh, poi, pop, pos, ppa, pph, ppi, pps, psi, saa, sah, sai, sao, sap, sha, shi, sho, shp, sip, sis, sop, spa, spp, sps, ssh, ssp

Definitions for Apophasis

[1] Rhetoric . denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar's avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.”
[2] Theology . knowledge, understanding, or description of God through negative statements about qualities and characteristics that God does not possess, as "God is not confined by space or time." See also negative theology.
[3] rhetoric the device of mentioning a subject by stating that it will not be mentioned I shall not discuss his cowardice or his treachery

Words nearby Apophasis

aponeurosis, aponeurositis, aponeurotic fibroma, aponeurotomy, apopemptic, apophasis, apophis, apophony, apophthegm, apophyge, apophyllite

Origin of Apophasis

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek: a denial, equivalent to apópha(nai ) to say no, deny (apo- apo- + phánai to say) + -sis -sis

Other words from Apophasis

ap·o·phat·ic [ap-uh -fat -ik] /ˌæp əˈfæt ɪk/ , adjective

Word origin for Apophasis

C17: via Latin from Greek: denial, from apo- + phanai to say