apologia

Noun

Meaning

a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

apology apologism shinto support case action reason basis account vindication whitewash alibi protection defense argument
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Antonyms

attack opposition challenge dispute protest contest
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Hypernyms

vindication defense defence

Related terms

apologize apologetics apologist apologeticism

Phrases with the word

give an apologia for

Examples

Accordingly the Christian Fathers had to defend themselves, as early as the second century, against the charge of being worshipers of the cross, as may be learned from Tertullian, "Apologia," xii., xvii., and Minucius Felix, "Octavius," xxix. Source: Internet

Brahe published an apologia (a defense) of his conclusions, in which he provided additional arguments, as well as condemning Craig's ideas in strong language for being incompetent. Source: Internet

As he proudly claims in his Apologia. Source: Internet

Defoe comments on the tendency to attribute tracts of uncertain authorship to him in his apologia Appeal to Honour and Justice (1715), a defence of his part in Harley's Tory ministry (1710–14). Source: Internet

Autobiography through the ages The classical period: Apologia, oration, confession In antiquity such works were typically entitled apologia, purporting to be self-justification rather than self-documentation. Source: Internet

"Herbert Hoover and the Presidential Campaign of 1932: the Failure of Apologia" Presidential Studies Quarterly 1998 28(2): 349–365 * Clements, Kendrick A. Hoover, Conservation, and Consumerism: Engineering the Good Life. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

apologetick apologeticness apologetics apologian apological apologie