apologetics
See also: apologètics
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin 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)
- The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
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Translations
field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position
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