Synonyms for "apologetics" (58 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (12)

apologiaapologyargumentargumentationbickerbickeringbuddhologycanonicscasuistrycontentioncontroversycrisis theology

Strong matches (17)

defensedialogical theologydisputationdisputedivinitydoctrinalismdoctrinismdogmaticseschatologyexistential theologyflytinghagiographyhagiologyhasslehierologyhubbublitigation

Related words (29)

logomachylogos christologylogos theologymariolatrymariologymercersburg theologynatural theologyneoorthodox theologyneoorthodoxypaper warpassage of armspatristic theologyphenomenological theologyphysicotheologypolemicpolemicsrationalismreligionrhubarbscholastic theology

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secularismset toset-tosoteriologysystematicstheologyverbal engagementwar of wordswrangling

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries

divinityrhetorictheology

Related terms

6 entries

apologeticapologeticismapologiaapologistapologizeapology

derived

1 entries

counter-apologetics

is a

1 entries

theology

related to

13 entries

apologeteapologeticapologeticismapologistapologizeapologydefensedoctrinemiddle agesoccultpositionreligioussystematic

Translations

28 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

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• دِفَاعِيَّات noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Belarusian

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• апалаге́тыка noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Bulgarian

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• апологе́тика noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Chinese Cantonese

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• 護教學 /护教学 noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Chinese Mandarin

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• 護教學 /护教学 noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Czech

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• apologetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Dutch

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• apologetiek noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Finnish

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• apologetiikka noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

French

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• apologétique noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

German

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• Apologetik noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Greek

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• απολογητική noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Hindi

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• आपत्तिखण्डन noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Hungarian

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• apologetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Indonesian

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• apologetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Italian

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• apologetica noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Japanese

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• 弁証学 noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Korean

1 entries

• 변증학 noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• apologetikk noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Polish

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• apologetyka noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Portuguese

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• apologética noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Romanian

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• apologetică noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Russian

1 entries

• апологе́тика noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Slovak

1 entries

• apologetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Slovene

1 entries

• apologetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Spanish

1 entries

• apologética noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Swedish

1 entries

• apologetik noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Tagalog

1 entries

• apolohetika noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• апологе́тика noun (field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position)

Sample sentences

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I'm not interested in apologetics.

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