Apologist Synonyms

ə-pŏlə-jĭst
A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vindicator
  2. argufier
  3. justifier
  4. logomachist
  5. pilpulist

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Apologist Sentence Examples

  • More visible dangers arise for the apologist in the region of science, historical or physical.

  • Lydgate's most doughty and learned apologist is Dr Schick, whose preface to the Temple of Glass embodies practically all that is known or conjectured concerning this author, including the chronological order of his works.

  • The Inner Life of the Religious Societies of the Commonwealth (London, 1876) by Robert Barclay, a descendant of the Apologist, contains much curious information about the Quakers.

  • Moreover, in his profound sympathy with the Reformers, he too frequently becomes their apologist.

  • It must not, however, be forgotten that Justin is here speaking as the apologist of Christianity to an educated Pagan public, on whose philosophical view of life he had to base his arguments, and from whom he could not expect an intimate comprehension of the religious position of Christians.

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