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self-justifying Definition

self-justifying (self′jus′tə fī′iŋ)

noun

justifying or rationalizing one's actions, beliefs, motives, etc.

self-justifying Related Forms
self′·-jus′tifica′tion (-fi kā′s̸hən) noun
self-justifying Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • history: Save us from self-justifying histories and from moral equations that excuse our folly.
  • decision: It has exactly a disability shared with its predecessors, having to do with self-causing and self-justifying decisions.
  • piece: This is, by farm the most shamelessly misbegotten, self-interested, self-justifying piece of legislation to pass in law since.