Meaning & use
apologist
A person who defends or argues in support of a controversial cause, person, or institution.
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Critics accused the columnist of being an apologist for the corrupt regime.
Early Christian apologists wrote lengthy defenses of their faith against Roman accusations.
A note on using this word
Apologist does not mean someone who apologizes; it comes from 'apology' in its older sense of a formal defense or justification.
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