apologist
noun
apol·o·gist
ə-ˈpä-lə-jist 
plural apologists
: someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
… an apologist for moneyed interests.—
S. L. Price
S. L. PriceApologists argued that funneling contracts to his children did not matter too much since the projects—new roads, factories, airports—did get built.—Johanna McGeary
Johanna McGearyApologists for the status quo will always claim that if change were really needed, the market would have already made it happen.—Michael Grunwald
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Her remarks about the film—and her outspokenness in general, including about other, unrelated topics—have provoked furor across a remarkably wide swath of the internet: ardent fans of the earlier Snow White, apologists for the prince, defenders of the dynamics behind fantasy love stories.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Needless to say, the terrorist groupie’s apologists at Brown were apoplectic that this savage had been tossed out of the country.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Even Trump’s apologists are being blunt to their counterparts in other governments.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Benjamin Mako Hill, a professor at the University of Washington who co-authored a research paper on the Croatian Wikipedia debacle, told me that contributors without a political agenda were eventually able to wrest control back, banning a small group of Fascist apologists from editing articles.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
Needless to say, the terrorist groupie’s apologists at Brown were apoplectic that this savage had been tossed out of the country.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
Even Trump’s apologists are being blunt to their counterparts in other governments.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Benjamin Mako Hill, a professor at the University of Washington who co-authored a research paper on the Croatian Wikipedia debacle, told me that contributors without a political agenda were eventually able to wrest control back, banning a small group of Fascist apologists from editing articles.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Apologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apologist. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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apologist
noun
apol·o·gist
ə-ˈpäl-ə-jəst
: one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, cause, or institution
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