apologist

English

Etymology

apology +‎ -ist. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French apologiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɒ.lə.dʒɪst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

apologist (plural apologists)

1. One who makes an apology.
2. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.

Synonyms

• (one who makes an apology): apologizer, apologiser

Related terms

• apologetic
• apologetics
• apologeticism
• apologia
• apologize, apologise
• apologizer, apologiser
• apology

Translations

one who makes an apology

• Danish: undskylder c
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One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith

• Catalan: apologista m or f, apologeta m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯護士／辩护士 (zh) (biànhùshì), 辩护士 (zh) (biànhùshì)

• Czech: apologeta m
• Danish: forsvarer c, apologet c, skønmaler c
• Dutch: apologeet (nl) m
• Finnish: apologeetta (fi)
• German: Apologet (de) m
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• Interlingue:
• Portuguese: apologista (pt) m or f
• Russian: апологе́т (ru) m (apologét), защи́тник (ru) m (zaščítnik) (каки́х-либо взгля́дов), побо́рник (ru) m (pobórnik)
• Serbo-Croatian: apologet (sh) m, апологет m
• Spanish: apologista (es), apologeta
• Swedish: apologet (sv) c

References

• “apologist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.