Definition of Cataphatism 1. The religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam in his own image') Noun Semanticaly linked words with "cataphatism" Hyponims for word "cataphatism" Lexical Analysis for "cataphatism" 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) doctrine of analogy the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate