Definitions
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- noun a defence or excuse, a speech or written answer made in justification of anyone.
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Examples
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"Alpha, you do realize that the word that Eve Fairbanks used was "apologism", yes?"
"Although I thought Ann's Rush apologism was unseemly and unfounded, I have to say I basically agree with Jon Chait..." Ann Althouse 2009
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Alpha, you do realize that the word that Eve Fairbanks used was "apologism", yes?
"Although I thought Ann's Rush apologism was unseemly and unfounded, I have to say I basically agree with Jon Chait..." Ann Althouse 2009
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I love that while one can't find the word "apologism" in a dictionary, there it is, right in Wikipedia with the standard disclaimer: "This article is missing citations or needs footnotes ... ."
"Although I thought Ann's Rush apologism was unseemly and unfounded, I have to say I basically agree with Jon Chait..." Ann Althouse 2009
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Alpha, you do realize that the word that Eve Fairbanks used was "apologism", yes?
"Although I thought Ann's Rush apologism was unseemly and unfounded, I have to say I basically agree with Jon Chait..." Ann Althouse 2009
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That, instead, someone should find an obscure definition of "apologism" and wave that around and play all confused?
"Although I thought Ann's Rush apologism was unseemly and unfounded, I have to say I basically agree with Jon Chait..." Ann Althouse 2009
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It’s an ugly kind of apologism that ultimately enables - ist attitudes to continue, so it’s not tolerated here.
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Better critics than I have argued that Ender's Game amounts to a work of fascist apologism and it is easy to see why.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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And I never suggested Garzon should be allowed to use his official powers in contravention of the amnesty law, I simply take issue with your absurd apologism for Franco.
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One of Céline's biographers, for example, describes the letter as possessing "a curious blend of concern and sheer tactless selfishness," a response that itself seems to exhibit its own curious blend of sheer shortsightedness and apologism.
Can Celine's Anti-Semitism Be Denied After Reading His Graphic Anti-Semitic Descriptions? 2010
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Matt Bai offers up an unusually confused piece of Obama apologism in The New York Times Magazine, defending the President as a true "progressive" who is simply uncomfortable with "populism."
Rupert Russell: Let's Stop Pretending: Obama's Record Is Not Progressive 2010
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