Apologeticism
Definition
An excessive attitude or tendency to praise, defend, and justify at any cost a certain doctrine, political system, leader, or institution, consciously ignoring its errors or flaws; apologetic passion taken to extremes. In modern ideological criticism, the term carries a pejorative connotation, denoting the absence of objective critical spirit in favor of partisan propaganda.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Apologeticism
- Programmatic apologia
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Neuter noun, regular singular forms, rarely pluralized within philosophical and political discourse text-corpora. |
| Formation | Neologistic derivation from the noun 'apologet' combined with the productive systemic suffix '-ism'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.po.lo.d͡ʒe.ˈtizm] |
| Source | Lexicon of Discursive Pragmatics, Ideological Critique, and Analytical Sociology |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Articolul publicat de jurnalist a căzut într-un apologetism ieftin, transformând analiza economică într-un elogiu adus guvernului.
EN: The article published by the journalist fell into a cheap apologeticism, transforming the economic analysis into a praise of the government.
RO: Sociologul a condamnat acest apologetism cultural care refuză să vadă inegalitățile evidente din interiorul comunității.
EN: The sociologist condemned this cultural apologeticism which refuses to see the obvious inequalities within the community.
RO: Studiul istoric evită orice formă de apologetism, prezentând faptele crude și deciziile controversate ale epocii exact așa cum au fost.
EN: The historical study avoids any form of apologeticism, presenting the raw facts and controversial decisions of the era exactly as they were.
Idioms & Phrases
Apologetism politic / Political apologeticism / partisan bias
RO: Atitudine propagandistică ce tinde să ascundă greșelile unui partid prin justificări naive sau atacuri la adresa opoziției.
EN: A propagandistic attitude tending to conceal a party's mistakes through naive justifications or attacks on the opposition.
Caracter de apologetism / Apologetic quality / bias tone
RO: Trăsătură a unui text sau discurs care trădează lipsa de imparțialitate și dorința oarbă de a apăra o anumită cauză.
EN: A feature of a text or discourse betraying a lack of impartiality and the blind desire to defend a certain cause.
Apologetism ideologic / Ideological apologeticism / dogmatic apologia
RO: Sistem de gândire închis în care orice eroare a unei teorii sociale este explicată ca fiind o necesitate istorică inevitabilă.
EN: A closed system of thought where any error of a social theory is explained as an inevitable historical necessity.
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