apologia
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9.9
- noun
- /əˈpɒlədʒə/
- Literature
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apología
- Reactions to Al-Ghazali's statement, which is tantamount to an apologia for Foda's assassination, were highly critical.
So we've got a very interesting defense here, an apologia going on, articulated by Mock Schaller.
- So we've got a very interesting defense here, an apologia going on, articulated by Mock Schaller.
Examples
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It was an apologia pro vitasua, a defense of his own life and of the great decisions that were made in it.
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In the Apologia (1864), Newman gives a very succinct summary of his two-edged principle.
Academic text (1990) -
First Reading: An Apologia for the King
Academic text (1995) -
I have come to the end of this apologia for the novel as a vast net.
Academic text (1995) -
Nor has any of them discussed Gide's apologia at any length.
Academic text (1990) -
"And he offers a lengthy apologia for his decision to pursue tenure despite his reservations about the educational process.
Academic text (1993) -
Note: none of what follows is really meant as an apologia of Obama's lackluster performance.
Blog text (7) -
Limited personal anecdotal experiences of freedom and power notwithstanding, this apologia and defense of the CCSS amazes me.
Blog text (21) -
Still, Pope retrieves the entire tradition of natural law, especially from Aquinas, to provide an apologia for evolutionary theory and, in so doing, lays a groundwork for future theologians.
Academic text (2009) -
In her book, she wrote a thoughtful apologia defending her controversial views on climate change.
Synonyms
859
1.7
A reason people give often as a written note to explain an absence
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3.0
A reason or statement used to support something
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8.6
A written text defending a belief or action
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6.9
Making excuses to defend your actions when they are wrong
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apologia comes from Greek parts apo- 'away' and logos 'speech', and it originally meant a speech made in one's defense. It is the same root as apology, which now usually means 'sorry', but apologia keeps the older sense of a formal written or spoken defense.