"apologetics" meaning in English

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Noun

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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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|apologia}} Late Latin apologia, {{der|en|grc|ἀπολογία||a speech in defense}} Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), {{suffix|en||ics}} + -ics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} apologetics (uncountable)
  1. The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines Wikipedia link: apologetics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Religion Derived forms: counter-apologetics Related terms: apologete, apologetic, apologeticism, apologist, apologize, apology Translations (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position): دِفَاعِيَّات (difāʕiyyāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), апалаге́тыка (apalahjétyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), апологе́тика (apologétika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 護教學 (Chinese Cantonese), 护教学 (wu⁶ gaau³ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 護教學 (Chinese Mandarin), 护教学 (hùjiàoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), apologetika [feminine] (Czech), apologetiek [feminine] (Dutch), apologetiikka (Finnish), apologétique [feminine] (French), Apologetik [feminine] (German), απολογητική (apologitikí) [feminine] (Greek), आपत्तिखण्डन (āpattikhaṇḍan) [masculine] (Hindi), apologetika (Hungarian), apologetica [feminine] (Italian), 弁証学 (benshōgaku) (alt: べんしょうがく) (Japanese), 변증학 (byeonjeunghak) (alt: 辯證學) (Korean), apologetikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), apologetyka [feminine] (Polish), apologética [feminine] (Portuguese), apologetică [feminine] (Romanian), апологе́тика (apologétika) [feminine] (Russian), apologetika [feminine] (Slovak), apologetika [feminine] (Slovene), apologética [feminine] (Spanish), apolohetika (Tagalog), апологе́тика (apolohétyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "word": "apologetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetica"
    },
    {
      "alt": "べんしょうがく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "benshōgaku",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "word": "弁証学"
    },
    {
      "alt": "辯證學",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeonjeunghak",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "word": "변증학"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologética"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetică"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "apologétika",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "апологе́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apologética"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "word": "apolohetika"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "apolohétyka",
      "sense": "field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "апологе́тика"
    }
  ],
  "word": "apologetics"
}

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