apologetics
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See also: apologètics
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”) + -ics.
Pronunciation
Noun
apologetics (uncountable)
- The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines.
- Hypernym: rhetoric
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Translations
field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position
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