noun
apologia
ap-uh-LOH-jee-uh/ˌæpəˈləʊdʒiə/
A formal defense or justification of beliefs or actions.
The scholar presents an apologia before the audience, defending his position with a manuscript.
Etymology
The speech in this formation became a reasoned answer to accusations: Greek apologia meant a speech in defense. Apologia preserves that defensive sense, naming a justification rather than an expression of regret.
In context
it is a treatise as the guardian has called it an apologia which means defense of a set of ideas in the realm of apologetical or apologetics
More examples
- The essay offers an apologia for preserving the old system.
- Her apologia explains the principles behind her refusal.
- Critics compared the two authors' political apologias.
Forms
apologia · apologias