Thesaurus / apologetics
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synonyms for apologetics
- rejoinder
- whitewash
- argument
- story
- answer
- reply
- extenuation
- return
- exculpation
- excuse
- plea
- vindication
- response
- exoneration
- apology
- retort
- rationalization
- apologia
- fish story
- song and dance
- jive
- cleanup
- copout
- apologizing
- excusing
- explaining
- off-time
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At one bound Cossington's papers passed from apologetics varied by repudiation to triumphant praise.
THE NEW MACHIAVELLIHERBERT GEORGE WELLSChristianity, once an aggressive and virile movement, now resorts to apologetics, compromise and concession to prolong her life.
MORALITY WITHOUT GODM. M. MANGASARIANBut that is not an unusual feature of Christian apologetics.
THE CHURCHES AND MODERN THOUGHTPHILIP VIVIANHe perceived it was a hard and invincible malevolence, and that no petty apologetics of demeanour could avail against it.
THE SEA LADYHERBERT GEORGE WELLSIn like fashion, historic rationalism has often tended to use Reason as an agency of justification and apologetics.
RECONSTRUCTION IN PHILOSOPHYJOHN DEWEYWithout specific ends of its own, it affords353 no ground for dogmatism or apologetics.
CREATIVE INTELLIGENCEJOHN DEWEY, ADDISON W. MOORE, HAROLD CHAPMAN BROWN, GEORGE H. MEAD, BOYD H. BODE, HENRY WALDGRAVE, STUART JAMES, HAYDEN TUFTS, HORACE M. KALLENThe saying is profoundly true that "nothing so quickly waxes old as apologetics."
RELIGION AND SCIENCEJOHN CHARLTON HARDWICKThis fact possesses a value in relation to Apologetics which intelligent students will readily appreciate.
THE PARABLES OF OUR LORDWILLIAM ARNOTBut whereas the politician, like the orthodox believer once pronounced apologetics, they now merely utter apologies.
G. K. CHESTERTON, A CRITICAL STUDYJULIUS WESTBut the introduction of the adjective “apologetic” and of the substantive “apologetics” is recent.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 2, SLICE 3VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO APOLOGETICS
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