apologist

apologist
Synonyms and related words:
Maecenas, Philadelphia lawyer, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, angel, apologete, apologizer, arguer, argufier, backer, buff, casuist, champion, controversialist, debater, defender, dependence, disceptator, disputant, encourager, endorser, exponent, fan, favorer, friend at court, guard, guardhouse lawyer, justifier, logomacher, logomachist, lover, mainstay, maintainer, mooter, paladin, paranymph, partisan, patron, pilpulist, pleader, polemic, polemicist, polemist, promoter, proponent, protagonist, protector, reliance, second, seconder, sectary, sider, sponsor, stalwart, standby, successful advocate, support, supporter, sustainer, sympathizer, upholder, vindicator, votary, well-wisher, whitewasher, wrangler

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  • apologist — APOLOGÍST s. v. apologet, panegirist. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  apologíst s. m., pl. apologíşti Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  APOLOGÍST, Ă s.m. şi f. Apologet. [< fr …   Dicționar Român

  • Apologist — A*pol o*gist, n. [Cf. F. apologiste.] One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apologist — I noun advocate, arguer in defense, champion, defender, defensor, disputant, excuser, exponent, expositer, expounder, favorer, justifier, pleader, proponent, protector, supporter, upholder II index advocate (counselor), advocate ( …   Law dictionary

  • apologist — (n.) 1630s, from Fr. apologiste, from apologie (see APOLOGY (Cf. apology)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • apologist — ► NOUN ▪ a person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial …   English terms dictionary

  • apologist — [ə päl′ə jist] n. [Fr apologiste: see APOLOGY] a person who writes or speaks in defense or justification of a doctrine, faith, action, etc …   English World dictionary

  • apologist — [[t]əpɒ̱ləʤɪst[/t]] apologists N COUNT An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person s life. [FORMAL] I am no apologist for Hitler, observed Pyat. ...the great Christian apologist Origen …   English dictionary

  • apologist — n. an apologist for * * * [ə pɒlədʒɪst] an apologist for …   Combinatory dictionary

  • apologist — a|pol|o|gist [əˈpɔlədʒıst US əˈpa: ] n someone who tries to explain and defend an idea, person, or political system apologist for ▪ an apologist for socialism …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • apologist — UK [əˈpɒlədʒɪst] / US [əˈpɑlədʒɪst] noun [countable] Word forms apologist : singular apologist plural apologists formal someone who defends something such as a belief …   English dictionary

  • apologist — noun Date: 1640 one who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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