Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
justifier .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word justifiers.
Examples
-
We really need to reach these "justifiers" - I think they can be.
Latest Articles 2008
-
According to the agency there are now eight different spending personalities: "justifiers" who like to spend, but will only do so if there is an excuse like a limited offer; "scrimpers" who are downtrading by, for example, substituting brands with store labels; "ostriches" who refuse to change their behaviour; "crash dieters" who have stopped spending on all non-essentials;
-
But it is heartening that even these self-justifiers want to think of themselves as honorable people.
-
“At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.” —
-
Or, are they merely defenders and justifiers of the status quo?
Duchess Harris: Elena Kagan's Cultural Competence Questioned Duchess Harris 2010
-
We seem to be ruled by a whole brass band of puffy-cheeked self-justifiers and self-liquidators.
-
In front of them all is a clown show of jesters and justifiers.
-
The eternal justifiers of violence are not convinced by any evidence, not even the brief initials R.I.P. on white marble.
-
We seem to be ruled by a whole brass band of puffy-cheeked self-justifiers and self-liquidators.
-
The self-justifiers are currently busy explaining how it was not they but the people in the next office (or building) who did the dumb thing that got the president in trouble.
'Only Kidding' 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.