apologia
noun
an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.
apologias
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pluralof apologia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
All the characters wind up presenting their own apologias, often with descriptions of pasts that explain their present.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2018
Anyway, aren't all those apologias wearing thin as Arctic sea ice melts with startling, planet-changing speed?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2013
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
