apologetics

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See also: apologètics

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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.

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Noun

apologetics (uncountable)

  1. The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines.
    Hypernym: rhetoric

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