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apologist

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a·pol·o·gist  (-pl-jst)
n.
A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution.
apologist [əˈpɒlədʒɪst]
n
a person who offers a defence by argument
apologist
a person who defends, in speech or writing, a faith, doctrine, idea, or action.
See also: Argumentation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.apologistapologist - a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment"
justifier, vindicator
advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
apologist
noun defender, spokesman, champion, arguer, maintainer, supporter, advocate, pleader, vindicator, justifier the great Christian apologist Origen
Translations
apologist [əˈpɒlədʒɪst] N → apologista mf
apologist [əˈpɒlədʒɪst] n → apologiste m/f
an apologist for sb → un apologiste de qn
apologist
n → Apologet(in) m(f)
apologist [əˈpɒlədʒɪst] n → apologeta m/f


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It would have been a hard trial to any woman to stand by and see the office of apologist for her husband's misconduct quietly assumed by his male friend in her own house--and it was a trial to HER.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
English youth have been so educated time out of mind, and we have hundreds of thousands of apologists and admirers of injustice, misery, and brutality, as perpetrated among children.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
It was obvious that all this was the work of no ordinary thief, and perhaps inevitable that the name of Raffles should have been dragged from oblivion by callous disrespecters of the departed and unreasoning apologists for the police.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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