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apologia

[ ap-uh-loh-jee-uh ]

noun

  1. an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
  2. Literature. a work written as an explanation or justification of one's motives, convictions, or acts.


apologia

/ ˌæ±èəˈ±ôəʊ»åÏôɪə /

noun

  1. a formal written defence of a cause or one's beliefs or conduct
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apologia1

1775–85; < Late Latin < Greek: a speaking in defense. See apo-, log-, -ia
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The slavery apologia in his faith went completely unremarked upon.

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If female swing voters learn how much the GOP is built on apologia for sexual violence, focus group information suggests it will turn them away from Trump.

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An apologia writ in hair about what happens when a muscular intellect is married to frail corporate governance.

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His "academic" opinion-writing in the Washington Post was thinly veiled apologia for those who opposed equal rights for women and Black people.

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The bank is nearly a year into an extended apologia for its consumer woes, which at one point included Marcus, a consumer division named after the company’s founder.

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