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Apologist

//əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who makes an apology.; One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. broadly, usually

    "[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist."

  2. 2
    a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution wordnet
  3. 3
    One who makes an apology.; Synonym of apologizer. broadly, uncommon

Etymology

From apology + -ist, from French apologiste.

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