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
Mr. Foote: And Lord Ellenborough allowed Mr. Hone to read what he considered justificatory of his own publication.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by G. W. (George William) Foote
He had no adequate preparation for it, nor, so far as I could perceive, any justificatory call.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
"Not so bad as we seem," justificatory remarks on.
From Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke
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