apologist

[ uh-pol-uh-jist ]

noun

1. a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.
2. Ecclesiastical.
   1. Also a·pol·o·gete [] a person skilled in apologetics.
   2. one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.

apologist

/ əˈpɒlədʒɪst /

noun

1. a person who offers a defence by argument

Word History and Origins

Origin of apologist¹

First recorded in 1630–40; either from apolog(y) ( def ) + -ist ( def ) or from French apologiste

Example Sentences

Some right-wing pundits become apologists for Putin’s cringeworthy defenders.

From Washington Post

Even apologist Greg Gutfeld slammed this so-called apology tour.

From The Daily Beast

Mike Daisey, serial liar and non-apologist, actually listened.

From The Daily Beast

Hardly an apologist for Vienna, Byron still found these tracts too extreme and in need of censoring.

From The Daily Beast

I have been vilified by some on the Left for being an apologist for colonialism, racism, and genocide.

From The Daily Beast

The NBA player has become a paid apologist for the North Korean regime.

From The Daily Beast

Thus, from sheer lack of knowledge, the public accept the Christian apologist's assertions as demonstrated truth.

From Project Gutenberg

He regards Malthus as an apologist for an unjust inequality.

From Project Gutenberg

I am not writing thus in any sense as the apologist of Spiritualism.

From Project Gutenberg

"Your cheerful compatriot is right," said Ethan, shaken suddenly out of his rôle as Nature's apologist.

From Project Gutenberg

He now constituted himself the literary apologist of the Elizabethan settlement.

From Project Gutenberg