apologetics
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
A systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrine.
A branch of theology devoted to such a defense of Christianity specifically.
The neighborhood
- neighborapologetic
- neighborapologeticism
- neighborapologia
- neighborapologist
- neighborapologize
- neighborapology
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for apologetics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA