doctrine of analogy (n)
analogy#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater
def any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
Outgoing links
Hypernym religion, faith, religious belief
Antonym doctrine of analogy → apophatism; doctrine of analogy → cataphatism
Incoming links
Antonym apophatism → doctrine of analogy; cataphatism → doctrine of analogy
Hyponym religion, faith, religious belief

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