religious belief vs apophatism

apophatism vs religious belief

religious belief and apophatism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
religious belief	Yes	No	No	No
apophatism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, apophatism is a hyponym of religious belief; that is, apophatism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than religious belief:

religious belief: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
apophatism: the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)

Other hyponyms of religious belief include cataphatism, analogy, doctrine of analogy, cult, cultus, religious cult, cult, ecclesiasticism, mysticism, religious mysticism, nature worship, revealed religion, theism, heathenism, pagan religion, paganism, Christian religion, Christianity, Unitarianism, Hindooism, Hinduism, Brahmanism, Brahminism, Jainism, Sikhism, Buddhism, Hsuan Chiao, Taoism, Shinto, Shintoism, Manichaeanism, Manichaeism, Mithraicism, Mithraism, Mazdaism, Zoroastrianism, Bahaism, Asian shamanism, shamanism, shamanism, Wicca, Saivism.

religious belief (noun)	apophatism (noun)
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny	the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)

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