apologist
apologist
Definition
apolo·gist (ə päl′ə 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.
Browse dictionary entries near apologist
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- apologue
- apology
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- aponeurosis
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