APOLOGIA

Apologia

Apologia is a form of practiced rhetoric that is used in self-defense or as a vindication of a person. It is common in both politics and public relations, as well as a term for analysis in genre criticism. It most frequently entails the speaker publicly expressing remorse for his or her actions. Non-apology apology functions in the same situation, but fails to admit wrongdoing. The result of the apology process, ideally, is the reconciliation of broken relationships. The ancient origin of apologia traces back to the ancient Greek root word apologos, meaning “a story.” Plato, Isocrates, and Aristotle all describe apologia as a specific ...

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apologia

Noun

  1. A written defense of a position or belief.


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