Dictionary

apologist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin apologialbor. French apologiebor. English apology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English apologist From apology + -ist.

Meanings

1. (broadly, usually) One who makes an apology. ▸ One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
   • A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide. […] Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists. 2019 October 15, Aleksandar Hemon, “‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2020:
   • […] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 430:
2. (broadly, uncommon) One who makes an apology. ▸ Synonym of apologizer.

Forms

Deriveds

Islamopologist · counter-apologist · apolo10 · Mopologist

Relateds

apologize · apologia · apologete · apology · apologeticism · apologetics · apologetic · apologizer · apologiser · apologism · apologise

Synonyms

apologizer

Translations (57)

tr apolojist (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · de Apologet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · fr apologiste (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · sh аполо̀ге̄т (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ro apologet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · sv apologet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · cmn 辯護士 /辩护士 (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ru побо́рник (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · da skønmaler (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ru побо́рница (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ro apologetă (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be змага́рка (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · da apologet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · bg апологе́тка (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ca apologista (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · et apologeet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · uk апологе́тка (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · sk apologétka (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · de Apologetin (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be змага́р (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · nl apologeet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · pl apologetka (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · pl apologetyk (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · cs apologeta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · da forsvarer (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · uk захисни́к (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · fi apologeetta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · hy ջատագով (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · sk apologéta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · es apologista (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be абаро́нца (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · bg апологе́т (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · it apologeta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · it apologista (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · sh apològēt (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · pl apologeta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · cs apologetka (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · pt apologista (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · es apologeta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ru апологе́тка (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be апалаге́тка (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · hu apologéta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · uk захисни́ця (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ru защи́тница (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ca apologeta (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ca apologista (one who makes an apology) · be прыхі́льнік (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · da undskylder (one who makes an apology) · ru апологе́т (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ru защи́тник (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · ca apologeta (one who makes an apology) · uk побо́рниця (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · uk побо́рник (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · uk апологе́т (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · id apologet (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be прыхі́льніца (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith) · be апалаге́т (one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith)