apologist

Etymology

apology + -ist. From French apologiste.

noun

  1. One who makes an apology.
  2. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
    15 October 2019, Aleksandar Hemon, "‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’" in The New York Times A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide.

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