| 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
 • Syn:
 analogy
 • Ant:
 apophatism, cataphatism
 • Hypernyms:
 religion, faith, religious belief
 
 
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