justificatory
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of justificatory
Example Sentences
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Clinging onto the property/person distinction or hiding behind the justificatory force of welfare laws, and doing nothing more than re-asserting speciesism and human exceptionalism, are just not very convincing in this day and age.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2022
They must thus cover them with dollops of justificatory pride, to lever some notional dollop of happiness.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2012
"Not so bad as we seem," justificatory remarks on.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
Nobody has even paid any attention to these foundations, and each school has in its own justification invented quasi-philosophical justificatory reflections.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count
This justificatory work was in three parts, which dealt respectively with the period before exile, the period of exile, and the period since exile.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
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