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apologist Definition

apolo·gist (ə pälə jist)

noun

a person who writes or speaks in defense or justification of a doctrine, faith, action, etc.

Etymology: Fr apologiste: see apology

apologist Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: We must never condone or become apologists for acts of terrorism.
  • have: Yet, it had apologists all over the world.
  • say: Every country has its customs, say native apologists, and one of the most decisive customs of Samoa ensures the immunity of women.
  • do: Do great apologists like C S Lewis write fantasy literature?

Converse of subject

    Adjective modifier

    • Nazi: Comment by Paul Burgin | 24 February 2006 at 9:06 pm # So you would equate Nazi apologists with scientists!
    • Catholic: The usual response of Catholic apologists is to repeatedly assert that 2 Timothy 3 does not teach sufficiency.
    • religious: Moreover, religious apologists try to have it both ways.

    Possessives

    • trope: Ah, yes -- the ' apologists ' trope.

    Preposition: of

    • capitalism: For the best part of three generations, the apologists of capitalism vented their spleen against the Soviet Union.

    Preposition: for

    • capitalism: Apologists for capitalism argued that Enron was a ' one-off ' - an unfortunate slip of the regulators that was unlikely to happen again.
    • terrorism: However her days as an English MP and apologist for Irish Republican terrorism must stop she must be forced to choose which she is.
    • Christianity: Josh McDowell, a well-known apologist for Christianity, was approached by a salesman for the Great Books of the Western World series.
    • regime: But the Anglican bishop is prominent apologist for the regime, so his cathedral would not do this.
    • war: May/June 2003 Imperialism and Tyranny Left apologists for war forget liberation, says Gerad Killoran.

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