apologetics
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Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apologia, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoumai, “I speak in one's defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apologos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apo, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (logos, “speech”).
Noun[edit]
apologetics (uncountable)
- The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
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Translations[edit]
field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position
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