self-justifying
self-justifying
Definition
self-justifying (self′jus′tə fī′iŋ)
noun
justifying or rationalizing one's actions, beliefs, motives, etc.
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.
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