apologetics
[uh-pol-uh-jet-iks]
Origin of apologetics
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Related Words for apologetics
apology, explanation, excuse, defense, pretext, apologetics, rejoinder, whitewash, argument, story, answer, reply, extenuation, return, exculpation, plea, vindication, response, exoneration, retortExamples from the Web for apologetics
Contemporary Examples of apologetics
I know that some of you are going to call this Obama apologetics, but you know what?
I'm not so worried that the oligarchs will pay for apologetics on their behalf.
And Obama has worked to push American foreign policy beyond Carterite apologetics or Bushesque saber-rattling.
Historical Examples of apologetics
Pro-Japanese apologetics is dangerous; it obscures the realities of the situation.
China, Japan and the U.S.A.John Dewey
In the armoury of apologetics etymology has been the most serviceable weapon.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1Andrew Lang
But that is not an unusual feature of Christian apologetics.
The Churches and Modern ThoughtPhilip Vivian
Any single effort in apologetics may be termed “an apology.”
The atmosphere of apologetics begins to appear in what its friends have to say about it.
The Library and SocietyVarious
apologetics
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