different between apologia vs apologetic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (apología, “speech in defense of a position”). Doublet of apology.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.??lo?.d?i.?/

Noun

apologia (plural apologias or apologiae)

1. A written defense of a position or belief.
   • Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and debates that have animated this book, it is not my purpose to offer a full apologia in these brief pages. - 1999 Preface from "Gender Trouble" by Judith Butler

Synonyms

• apology
• apologism

Translations

Finnish

Noun

apologia

1. apologia

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Latin apologia (“apology”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (apología, “a speech made in defense of something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apolo?ia/
• Hyphenation: apo?lo?gia

Noun

apologia

1. confession, disclosure of one's sins
2. (Catholicism) apology (formal justification, defence)

Related terms

Further reading

• “apologia” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek +? -logia

Noun

apologia f (plural apologie)

1. apology, apologia

Related terms

• apologetico
• apologista

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (apologí?, "a speech made in defense of something").

Noun

apologia f (genitive apologiae); first declension

1. a defense, apology

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

1. apologia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Noun

apologia f (plural apologias)

1. apology (formal justification, defence)

English

Alternative forms

• apologetick

Etymology

From French apologétique, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (apolog?tikós, “of or suitable for defense”), from ??????????? (apologésthai, “to speak in defense of”).

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA^(key): /??p?l??d??t?k/
• (UK): IPA^(key): /??p?l??d??t?k/

Adjective

apologetic (comparative more apologetic, superlative most apologetic)

1. Having the character of apology; regretfully excusing

   His tone was apologetic as he explained what had happened.
2. (dated) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense.

Synonyms

• (having the character of an apology): sorry, remorseful; regretful

Related terms

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French apologétique

Adjective

apologetic m or n (feminine singular apologetic?, masculine plural apologetici, feminine and neuter plural apologetice)

1. apologetic

Declension