Definition of apologist
: one who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something
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Immediately after the high-court decision, CICIG apologists launched a full-court press on Capitol Hill to cover up the U.N. agency’s many transgressions.
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Then the photos surfaced—and apologists sputtered into overdrive, including Fox News host Steve Doocy, and, according to CBS This Morning, border patrol officials themselves.
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Hold These Truths’’) nicely conveys the uneasy conscience of a leader of the Japanese American Citizens League, who acts as an apologist for the US government.
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His writing has been translated into nearly 50 languages, and he is often cited as the foremost Christian apologist of the 20thcentury.
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The apologists for the franchise got busy after the deadline crowing about how the trade created flexibility and opportunity.
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Part of the reason that Gloria Allred’s presence caused a stir is that an early Weinstein apologist, Lisa Bloom, is Allred’s daughter.
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Trump apologists will argue that Saccone was too conventional a Republican to wear a MAGA hat convincingly.
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The ayatollahs’ attempt to blame protests on the CIA gets a boost from a familiar apologist for the regime: the New York Times.
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First Known Use of apologist
1640
APOLOGIST Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of apologist for English Language Learners
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: a person who defends or supports something (such as a religion, cause, or organization) that is being criticized or attacked by other people
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