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apologetism

apologetism noun: apologism.

Noun

apologetism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) apologism
    • Joe is letting his Lubavitch apologetism get ahead of him. I know he has many friends in Lubavitch, we even have one in common (Zev). But the idiocy of some in Lubavitch is still idiocy.1997 January 5, Jonathan J. Baker, “LIVING WITH MOSHIACH, Parshat Vayigash, 5757”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet)
    • Secondly, some contextualists have previously stated that by constantly trying to draw links between the Medieval thought and contemporary philosophy, historiographers evoke apologetism rather than develop the field in its own right.2023, Julita Slipkauskaitė, Ockham and Paris Ockhamists: Towards a New Approach to the Study of Late Medieval Philosophy, Vilnius University

Questions about apologetism

What does apologetism mean?
Apologetism means apologism.
What part of speech is apologetism?
Apologetism is a noun.

Words near apologetism in the dictionary

  1. apologeticism
  2. apologeticisms
  3. apologetick
  4. apologeticness
  5. apologetics
  6. apologetism
  7. apologia
  8. apologiae
  9. apologian
  10. apologians
  11. apologias

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