apologeten.

Brit.

/əˈpɒlədʒiːt/, U.S.

/əˈpɑləˌdʒit/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymon: apologetic n.

Etymology: Back-formation < apologetic n., after exegete n., athlete n., etc.; originally after Dutch apologeet (1877 in the passage translated in quot. 1878). Compare German Apologet (1837 or earlier).

Theology.

A person who uses argumentative discourse to defend a doctrine or religion, esp. Christianity; a person skilled in apologetics. Cf. apologetic n. 2.

ΚΠ

1878 M. J. Evans tr. J. J. van Oosterzee Pract. Theol. ii. 88 Augustine was greater as a dogmatist and apologete [Du. Apologeet] than as a homilete.

1916 I. Husik Hist. Mediaeval Jewish Philos. xviii. 406 Jewish thinkers of the middle ages were for a great part apologetes.

1966 Tablet 19 Mar. 336/1 It is not altogether surprising that C. S. Lewis's fame as a Christian apologete is so much greater in America than in England.

1971 Jrnl. Ecumenical Stud. 8 296 One central question is where to locate the primary responsibility for bridge-building: does it lie with the biblical scholar, with the apologete, the dogmatician, or the pastor?

2016 M. A. D. Creamer Funerary Buddha (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Pittsburgh) ii. 53 The..legend would be used by Daoist apologetes to criticize Buddhism.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	apologete
释义	apologeten. Brit. /əˈpɒlədʒiːt/, U.S. /əˈpɑləˌdʒit/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation; originally modelled on a Dutch lexical item. Etymon: apologetic n. Etymology: Back-formation < apologetic n., after exegete n., athlete n., etc.; originally after Dutch apologeet (1877 in the passage translated in quot. 1878). Compare German Apologet (1837 or earlier). Theology. A person who uses argumentative discourse to defend a doctrine or religion, esp. Christianity; a person skilled in apologetics. Cf. apologetic n. 2. ΚΠ 1878 M. J. Evans tr. J. J. van Oosterzee Pract. Theol. ii. 88 Augustine was greater as a dogmatist and apologete [Du. Apologeet] than as a homilete. 1916 I. Husik Hist. Mediaeval Jewish Philos. xviii. 406 Jewish thinkers of the middle ages were for a great part apologetes. 1966 Tablet 19 Mar. 336/1 It is not altogether surprising that C. S. Lewis's fame as a Christian apologete is so much greater in America than in England. 1971 Jrnl. Ecumenical Stud. 8 296 One central question is where to locate the primary responsibility for bridge-building: does it lie with the biblical scholar, with the apologete, the dogmatician, or the pastor? 2016 M. A. D. Creamer Funerary Buddha (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Pittsburgh) ii. 53 The..legend would be used by Daoist apologetes to criticize Buddhism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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