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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

• APOLOGIST (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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