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Apologetics

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Noun
  1. 1
    The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines. uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines wordnet

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.

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