self-justificatory

adjective

Having the quality of justifying itself.

OriginEnglish justificatory ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-justificatory (comparative more self-justificatory, superlative most self-justificatory)

comparative more self-justificatory · superlative most self-justificatory

  1. Having the quality of justifying itself.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishjustificatory
  9. Englishself-justificatory

From self- + justificatory.

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APA

self-justificatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-justificatory

MLA

“self-justificatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-justificatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-justificatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-justificatory.

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