apologia

[ ap-uh-loh-jee-uh ]

/ ˌæp əˈloʊ dʒi ə /

an apology, as in defense or justification of a belief, idea, etc.

Literature. a work written as an explanation or justification of one's motives, convictions, or acts.

Origin of apologia

1775–85; < Late Latin < Greek: a speaking in defense. See apo-, log-, -ia

Submit to his apologia for Murmelstein, or chalk this up to a case of a filmmaker courting controversy?

Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’ |Jimmy So |February 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Newsflash for the sentimental leftists polluting my Twitter timeline with Chavez apologia: state socialism doesn't work.

How Did Chavez's Socialism Treat Venezuela? |David Frum |March 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Their reaction seemed almost instinctive—and it echoed the GOP apologia for Romney.

Does Barack Obama Need a Friend Like Bill Clinton? |Robert Shrum |June 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The present system too readily transforms the rule of law into an apologia for arbitrary presidential power.

The Lawless Presidency |Bruce Ackerman |June 29, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Nor is his often-riveting new memoir an exercise in nostalgia, apologia, or retread rhetoric.

The Accidental Radical |John Douglas Marshall |April 27, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
It would be a boon to historical students if both the Apologia and the Antilogia were Englished by some competent hand.

The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter |Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.
Though Ath withdrew at once, Erasmus could not abstain from writing an Apologia, however moderate.

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation |Johan Huizinga
There is an often quoted sentence at the beginning of the Apologia which is vital to a comprehension of him.

The Age of Tennyson |Hugh Walker
One is found on pp. 266-273 of the American edition of the "Apologia," and relates to the doctrine of original sin.

The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. |E. Rameur
Drumtochty listened patiently to Hillocks's apologia, but was not satisfied.

Stories by English Authors: Scotland |Various

apologia

/ (ˌæpəˈləʊdʒɪə) /

a formal written defence of a cause or one's beliefs or conduct