apologetics

Meaning

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

Synonyms

championship

defense

dialectics

Translations

apologética

apologetica

apologétique

Apologetik

απολογητική

علوم الدّفاع عن المسيحيّة

apologetiken

apologética

apologètica

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.