词汇 | self-justification |
释义 | self-justification noun[ C or U ] (alsoself justification)uk /ˌself.dʒʌs.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.dʒʌs.tə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ a reason, excuse, or explanation that you give for your behaviour or actions: I feel that what I've written sounds like self-justification. After a rambling speech to the nation, full of childish self-justifications, he resigned. We should move away from self justification and openly address equality. Her awful book is full of self-justification. He turns every question into one about himself, and every sentence drips with self-justification. There were some elements of self-justification in what she said. He is a criminal with a remarkable capacity for self-justification. Motives and reasons autotelic causeless drive first principles from a place ofidiom hidden agenda impulse inclination justification mainspring motivation motive name object peg place reason should why without cause Related wordjustification |
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