apologetics
See also: apologètics
English
Etymology
From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”).
Noun
apologetics (uncountable)
- The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
Related terms
- apologete
- apologetic
- apologeticism
- apologist
- apologize
- apology
Translations
field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position
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