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apologia

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ap·o·lo·gi·a  (p-lj-, -j)
n.
A formal defense or justification. See Synonyms at apology.

[Latin, apology; see apology.]

apologia [ˌæpəˈləʊdʒɪə]
n
a formal written defence of a cause or one's beliefs or conduct

apologia
a formal apology, especially on behalf of some belief or doctrine.
See also: Religion
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.apologia - a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
vindication, defense, defence - the justification for some act or belief; "he offered a persuasive defense of the theory"

apologia
noun defence, case, argument, explanation, plea, apology, justification The left have seen the work as an apologia for privilege.
Translations
apologia [ˌæpəˈleʊdʒɪə] Napología f
apologia [ˌæpəˈləʊdʒɪə] (formal) napologie f
an apologia for sth → une apologie de qch
apologia
nRechtfertigung f, → Apologie f (also Philos)


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All my then hopes," he wrote in Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864), "all my satisfaction at the apparent fulfillment of those hopes, was at an end in 1843.
The document also speaks of the "appearance of apologia for the single-parent family, the broken, gay, the lesbian family.
Kozol's account of his visit, Children of the Revolution, is a nauseating apologia for the Castro regime's indoctrination of children and adults.
 
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