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apologia

noun
🔊/ˌæpəˈləʊdʒiə/
🔊/ˌæpəˈləʊdʒiə/
 (formal)
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  1. apologia (for something) a formal written defence of your own or somebody else’s actions or opinions书面辩解；辩解书；辩解文
    • His book was seen as an apologia for the war.他的著作被视为是对这场战争的辩护。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology).