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apologism

noun

Etymology

From apology + -ism.

  1. derived from ἀπολογία
  2. derived from apologia
  3. borrowed from apologie
  4. suffixed as apologism — “apology + ism”

Definitions

  1. A defence or excuse

    A defence or excuse; a speech or written answer made to justify someone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for apologism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA