apologistn.

Brit.

/əˈpɒlədʒɪst/, U.S.

/əˈpɑlədʒəst/

Etymology: < French apologiste, < Greek ἀπολογία defence, after ἀνταγωνιστής , σοϕιστής , etc.: see apology n. and -ist suffix.

One who apologizes for, or defends by argument; a professed literary champion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > defensive argument > exponent of

maintainerc1520

apologist1640

apologizer1660

1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. 12 The Apologist professeth for them, that they greatly desired to conserve the government of the Bishops.

1728 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire VI 23 Thus pleads the devil's fair apologist.

1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vi. 88 Mr. Hume, the staunch apologist of..all the Stuarts.

1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) vii. 184 Never was the heathen creed..so sublimated, as when it perished under the blows of the Christian apologists.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	apologist
释义	apologistn. Brit. /əˈpɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /əˈpɑlədʒəst/ Etymology: < French apologiste, < Greek ἀπολογία defence, after ἀνταγωνιστής , σοϕιστής , etc.: see apology n. and -ist suffix. One who apologizes for, or defends by argument; a professed literary champion. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > defensive argument > exponent of maintainerc1520 apologist1640 apologizer1660 1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie i. 12 The Apologist professeth for them, that they greatly desired to conserve the government of the Bishops. 1728 E. Young Universal Passion: Satire VI 23 Thus pleads the devil's fair apologist. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vi. 88 Mr. Hume, the staunch apologist of..all the Stuarts. 1868 W. E. Gladstone Juventus Mundi (1870) vii. 184 Never was the heathen creed..so sublimated, as when it perished under the blows of the Christian apologists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1640
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