Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apologist

/əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: apol-o-gist
IPA: /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who makes an apology.

noun

One who makes an apology.

Example Sentences

"[…] he will appear to many of the more speculatively minded intellectuals merely as a timid apologist of things as they are; at the same time he will be dismissed by the men of affairs as an impractical theorist."
"A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide. […] Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin apologialbor. French apologiebor. English apology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English apologist From apology + -ist.

Inflected Forms

apologists (plural)

Derived Forms

apolo10 Islamopologist Mopologist

Phrases

counter-apologist

Frequently Paired Words

apologete apologetic apologeticism apologetics apologia apologism apologize apologise

Synonyms

apologizer vindicator justifier

Rhymes With

psychologist geologist anthropologist pathologist neurologist gynecologist entomologist anesthesiologist urologist zoologist endocrinologist scientologist

Questions

How do you pronounce apologist?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈpɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/.
What does apologist mean?: One who makes an apology.
Where does apologist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin apologialbor. French apologiebor. English apology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English apologist From apology + -ist.

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