apologetics

See also: apologètics

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  apologia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

1. 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

• Czech: apologetika (cs) f
• Finnish: apologetiikka (fi)
• Hungarian: apologetika (hu)
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• Portuguese: apologética f
• Russian: апологе́тика (ru) f (apologétika)
• Spanish: apologética (es) f