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APOLOGIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution

Example:

an apologist for capital punishment

Synonyms:

apologist; justifier; vindicator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("apologist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

apology (a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly)

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