1. a person who defends or justifies a particular belief, policy, or institution

Examples

• The senator was known as an apologist for the administration’s foreign policy.
• Critics accused him of being an apologist for corporate greed.
• She refused to be an apologist for the company’s environmental record.
• The historian was criticized for being an apologist for colonialism.
• Many viewed the spokesperson as merely an apologist for the regime.
• He wrote several books as an apologist for traditional values.