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APOLOGIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does apologist mean?
• APOLOGIST (noun)
The noun APOLOGIST has 1 sense:
1. a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
Familiarity information: APOLOGIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
apologist; justifier; vindicator
Context example:
an apologist for capital punishment
Hypernyms ("apologist" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
apology (a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly)
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