Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who speaks or writes in defense of anything; one who champions a person or a cause, whether in public address or by literary means; one who makes an apology or defense.
- noun Specifically Eccles., a defender of Christianity; in particular, one of the authors of the early Christian apologies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who makes an
apology . - noun One who speaks or writes in
defense of afaith , acause , or aninstitution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
Etymologies
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Examples
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That which he describes as apologist was the ideal and not the real in his congregation.
The Beginnings of Christianity. Vol. I. 1872-1939 1903
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An apologist is a person who justifies a specific ideology, belief system, set of behaviors, or approach.
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The Drop Zone was a sponsor of Palin apologist and former radio host, Eddie Burke.
Shannyn Moore: Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia Shannyn Moore 2010
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So a torture apologist is one who defends torture by argument.
The Five Techniques 2009
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The Drop Zone was a sponsor of Palin apologist and former radio host, Eddie Burke.
Shannyn Moore: Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia Shannyn Moore 2010
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The Drop Zone was a sponsor of Palin apologist and former radio host, Eddie Burke.
Shannyn Moore: Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia Shannyn Moore 2010
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An apologist is somebody that defends the actions of another.
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The Drop Zone was a sponsor of Palin apologist and former radio host, Eddie Burke.
Shannyn Moore: Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia Shannyn Moore 2010
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Rab says: jwest thinks being a rape apologist is an actual job
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The Drop Zone was a sponsor of Palin apologist and former radio host, Eddie Burke.
Shannyn Moore: Joe Miller's Alaskan Militia Shannyn Moore 2010
qroqqa commented on the word apologist
Not someone who studies apes. Bad brain, go to your basket. It took me several seconds to work out where apes might come into what I was just reading.
May 29, 2009