apologist
/əˈpɒlədʒɪst
/noun
A person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial: an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s...
- Religious apologists have tended to argue from authority to justify their beliefs, often quoting from texts such as the Bible.
- Her alibi, offered by her apologists, is that she was starved of affection - a euphemism for sex.
- I do not intend to get into an argument with an apologist for mass murder such as yourself.
Synonyms
defender, supporter, upholder, advocate, proponent, exponent, propagandist, apostle, champion, backer, promoter, campaigner, spokesman, spokeswoman, spokesperson, speaker, arguer, enthusiast
Origin
Mid 17th century: from French apologiste, from Greek apologizesthai 'give an account' (see apologize).
Rhymes
- rain hat
- rain hood
- Rainier, Mount
- rainily
- raininess
- Rain-in-the-Face
- rainish
- rain jacket
- rain jungle
- rain king
- rainland
- rainless
- rain mac
- rainmaker
- rainmaking
- rain map
- rain on someone's parade
- rain (or come down in) stair rods
- rainout
- rain pit
- rain print
- rain procession
- rainproof
- rain-proofed
- rainproofer