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ənoun
1.
a person who makes a defense in speech or writing of a belief, idea, etc.
2.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
Also, a·pol·o·gete 
[uh-pol-uh-jeet] . a person skilled in apologetics.
[uh-pol-uh-jeet] . a person skilled in apologetics. b.
one of the authors of the early Christian apologies in defense of the faith.
Origin:
1630–40; apolog(y) + -ist or < French apologiste
1630–40; apolog(y) + -ist or < French apologiste
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Apologist
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- He is no apologist for history, but he knows that there is more contained in the present than meets the eye.
- The rest of your apologist rant is not even worth replying to.
- Apologist reports in state media are adding insult to injury.
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Word Origin & History
apologist
1630s, from Fr. apologiste, from Gk. apologia "defense" (see apology).
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