apologetics

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Synoniemen

championship

defense

dialectics

Vertalingen

apologética

apologetica

apologétique

Apologetik

απολογητική

علوم الدّفاع عن المسيحيّة

apologetiken

apologética

apologètica

Etymologie (Engels)

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.