apologist

English

Etymology

apology +‎ -ist. From French apologiste.

Pronunciation

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Noun

apologist (plural apologists)

One who makes an apology.
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

Translations

one who makes an apology

Danish: undskylder c

One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith

Chinese:
Mandarin: 辯護士 (zh), 辩护士 (zh) (biànhùshì)
Czech: apologeta m
Danish: forsvarer c, apologet c, skønmaler c
Dutch: apologeet m
Finnish: apologeetta (fi)

German: Apologet (de) m
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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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