apologia
Americannoun
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apologias
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an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
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Literature. a work written as an explanation or justification of one's motives, convictions, or acts.
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Etymology
Origin of apologia
1775–85; < Late Latin < Greek: a speaking in defense. See apo-, log-, -ia
Example Sentences
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Vonnegut’s openness to serendipitous in-person encounters is exactly the spirit that Nicholas Epley hopes to summon with “A Little More Social,” a cheerful, data-supported apologia for conversation and conviviality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The new film is the director’s penance: an apologia to musical lovers who want to see the star do every inch of the dancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
An apologia writ in hair about what happens when a muscular intellect is married to frail corporate governance.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Such bereavement, witnessed at close range, makes even the most eloquent apologia for high-risk activities ring fatuous and hollow.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
While most works in this genre read as elaborate apologias, Coates immediately strikes a different tone.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2022
Literary and oratorical apologias for the rebellion were accompanied by a flurry of monuments to Confederate leaders, including those in Statuary Hall.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2021
Twitter was similar; my stream, for a day or so, was all impassioned maxi dress defenses and apologias.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2015
Echoing other day-after apologias from both sides, Mr. Baskey said Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu “have forged an effective partnership and consult closely and frequently.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Victory and Reasonableness.—Unfortunately in the æsthetic wars, which artists provoke by their works and apologias for their works, just as is the case in real war, it is might and not reason that decides.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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