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[ uh-pol-uh-jist ] / əˈpɒl ə dʒɪst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR apologist ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc. Ecclesiastical. - Also a·pol·o·gete [uh-pol-uh-jeet]. /əˈpɒl əˌdʒit/. a person skilled in apologetics.
- one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.
Origin of apologist1630–40; apolog(y) + -ist or <French apologiste Words nearby apologistApollyon, apologetic, apologetics, apologia, Apologia pro Vita Sua, apologist, apologize, apologue, apology, apolune, apomict Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for apologistHardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring. Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy|Michael Weiss|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST I have been vilified by some on the Left for being an apologist for colonialism, racism, and genocide. Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames|Jay Michaelson|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST In the last decade or so of his life, Lewis gave up being an apologist, feeling he had lost his knack. The Odd Story of C.S. Lewis, an Extremely Odd Man|A.N. Wilson|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST He has been cast as the standard-bearer for the economic oligarchs, the apologist for the top 1% of the top 1%. David's Book Club: Unintended Consequences|David Frum|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There was nothing to be gained as either a propagandist or an apologist. Donkeygate! Bush Officials Banned the Democrat Mascot|Randall Lane|July 6, 2010|DAILY BEAST More visible dangers arise for the apologist in the region of science, historical or physical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3|Various I suppose that no man can write of himself without becoming more or less his own apologist. Sir Jasper Carew|Charles James Lever I know nothing of her history, save what all others know; I am neither defender nor apologist—too humble and too weak for either. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq.|Charles James Lever Before proceeding further, we may point out the straits to which an apologist is reduced who starts with a foregone conclusion. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III)|Walter Richard Cassels Her first apologist, Queen Elizabeth, adopted the line of argument which her defenders have ever since pursued. The Mystery of Mary Stuart|Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for apologist
nouna person who offers a defence by argument Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to apologistadherent, advocate, ally, angel, backbone, backer, benefactor, champion, cohort, comforter, confederate, defender, disciple, exponent, fan, follower, friend, helper, mainstay, partisan |