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Meaning of Apologia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌæp.əˈloʊ.d͡ʒi.ə

Definitions

A written defense of a position or belief.

Equivalents

العربية الدّفاع
Ελληνικά απολογία
Italiano apologia
Português apologia

Examples

“Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and debates that have animated this book, it is not my purpose to offer a full apologia in these brief pages.”
““Gone With the Wind” was published in 1936, and despite heroic efforts over the last seven decades to transform it into something else, the novel stands as an apologia for the Old South — […]”
“The apologia his [Gabriel García Márquez] sons contribute at the beginning of the book is unconvincing, and their final excuse is particularly hard to swallow:[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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