apologetics

See also: apologètics

English

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

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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

Derived terms

• counter-apologetics

Related terms

• apologete
• apologetic
• apologeticism
• apologist
• apologize
• apology

Translations

field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position

• Arabic: دِفَاعِيَّات f pl (difāʕiyyāt)
• Belarusian: апалаге́тыка f (apalahjétyka)
• Bulgarian: апологе́тика f (apologétika)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 護教學／护教学 (wu⁶ gaau³ hok⁶)

  Mandarin: 護教學／护教学 (hùjiàoxué)

• Czech: apologetika (cs) f
• Dutch: apologetiek (nl) f
• Finnish: apologetiikka (fi)
• French: apologétique (fr) f
• German: Apologetik (de) f
• Greek: απολογητική (el) f (apologitikí)
• Hindi: आपत्तिखण्डन m (āpattikhaṇḍan)
• Hungarian: apologetika (hu)
• Italian: apologetica (it) f
• Japanese: 弁証学 (べんしょうがく, benshōgaku)
• Korean: 변증학(辯證學) (byeonjeunghak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: apologetikk (no) m

• Polish: apologetyka f
• Portuguese: apologética f
• Romanian: apologetică (ro) f
• Russian: апологе́тика (ru) f (apologétika)
• Slovak: apologetika f
• Slovene: apologetika f
• Spanish: apologética (es) f
• Tagalog: apolohetika
• Ukrainian: апологе́тика (uk) f (apolohétyka)