apophatic

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
 * 2)  That passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic of.
 * 1)  That passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic of.
 * 1)  That passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic of.

Translations

 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: apofatico
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: apofático
 * Serbo-Croatian: apofatički