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apologist
- /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
noun apologists
- One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. […] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist.
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Synonym of apologizer.
Similar: apologizer
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noun one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith
| Español | apologista, apologeta |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 辯護士 /辩护士 biànhùshì |
| Português | apologista |
| Français | apologiste |
| Deutsch | Apologet, Apologetin |
| Italiano | apologista, apologeta |
| Română | apologet, apologetă |
| Русский | апологе́т apologét, апологе́тка apologétka, защи́тник zaščítnik, защи́тница zaščítnica, побо́рник pobórnik, побо́рница pobórnica |
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@misc{apologist_2026,
title = {apologist},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apologist},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
