SELF-JUSTIFYING

Meaning of SELF-JUSTIFYING in English

Pronunciation: - ' j ə s-t ə - ˌ f ī -i ŋ

Function: adjective

Date: 1740

: seeking to justify oneself

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SELF-JUSTIFYING — adjective Date: 1740 seeking to justify oneself
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELF-JUSTIFYING — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : seeking to excuse oneself 2. : automatically justifying itself a self-justifying typewriter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF-JUSTIFYING — /self'jus"teuh fuy'ing, self"-/ , adj. 1. offering excuses for oneself, esp. in excess of normal demands. 2. automatically adjusting printed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF-JUSTIFYING — adjective Date: 1740 : seeking to justify oneself
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF-JUSTIFYING — [self-jus.ti.fy.ing] adj (1740): seeking to justify oneself
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SELF — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self …
Английский словарь Британика
SELF — I. ˈself, ˈseu̇f, South often ˈse(ə)f pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self, seolf, sylf; akin to Old Frisian …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SELF- — combining form Etymology: Middle English, from Old English self-, seolf-, sylf-, from self, seolf, sylf, pron. & adjective 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUSTIFYING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justify
Английский словарь Webster
JUSTIFYING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Justify
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF- — a combining form of self and variously used with the meanings "of the self" ( self-analysis ) and "by oneself …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — /self/ , n. , pl. selves , adj., pron., pl. selves , v. n. 1. a person or thing referred …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELF — I. ˈself, Southern also ˈsef pronoun Etymology: Middle English (intensive pronoun), from Old English; akin to Old High German selb, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF- — Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from self 1. a. : oneself or itself self- supporting b. : of oneself …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SELF — noun personification; embodiment. 2. self ·adj same; particular; very; identical. 3. self ·noun hence, personal interest, or love of private …
Webster English vocab
JUSTIFYING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of justify.
Webster English vocab
SELF — the I as experienced by an individual. In modern psychology the notion of the self has replaced earlier conceptions of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SELF — / self; NAmE / noun ( pl. selves / selvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C , usually sing. ] the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SELF — self S2 W3 /self/ BrE AmE noun ( plural selves /selvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable usually …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SELF — n. & adj. n. (pl. selves) 1 a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SELF — n. & adj. --n. (pl. selves) 1. a person's or thing's own individuality or essence (showed his true self). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SELF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be a shadow/ghost of your former self (= be much less confident, healthy, energetic etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SELF — n. Black Panther Party for Self Defense self defense Self Defense Force self determination self esteem self fertilization self heal …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SELF — Synonyms and related words : I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, anima, anima humana, atman, ba, better self, breath, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SELF — n. self abandoned self abnegating self abnegation self absorbed self abuse self accusation self admiration self asserting self assertive self …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SELF — < language > A small, dynamically typed object-oriented language , based purely on prototypes and delegation . Self was developed …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SELF- — суф. В сложных словах : 1) выражает направленность действия на самого себя само-, себя-; свое- self-conceit ≈ самомнение self-control ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — 1. сущ. 1) собственная личность, сам study of the self my own self my very self 2) коммерч. сам, лично …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JUSTIFYING — Оправдание
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
JUSTIFYING — Оправдания
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
JUSTIFYING — Оправдание
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SELF- — в сложных словах имеет значение 1. свой, себя: self-conceit - самомнение self-control - самообладание self-contradiction - внутреннее противоречие self-defence - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELF — 1. self n ( pl selves) 1. 1> своё «я»; сущность, облик, склад, совокупность свойств ( человека ) my own …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SELF — 1. self n ( pl selves) 1. 1> своё «я»; сущность, облик, склад, совокупность свойств ( человека ) my own …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — 1. _n. 1> собственная личность, сам; to have no thought of self - не думать о себе; one's better self …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SELF — 1. n. 1. собственная личность, сам; to have no thought of self - не думать о себе; one's better self …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SELF — 1. _n. (_pl. selves) 1> собственная личность, сам; the study of the self самоанализ; my own self, my very self …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SELF — 1) само- 2) себя - self-acting - self-adjusting - self-balancing - self-cleaning - self-closing - self-contained - self-cooling - self-cost …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SELF- — само- ; авто- ; ~ self- acting ; ~ self- adjusting ; ~ self- balancing ; ~ self- cancelling item …
Англо-Русский Деловой словарь
SELF- — суф. В сложных словах : 1) выражает направленность действия на самого себя само-, себя-; свое- self-conceit ≈ самомнение self-control ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SELF — 1. сущ. 1) собственная личность, сам study of the self my own self my very self 2) коммерч. сам, лично …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
JUSTIFYING — Оправдание
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
JUSTIFYING SPACE — noun or justification space : a space that is set by striking the spacebar of a keyboard typesetting machine and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHOM — pronoun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwām, dative of hwā who Date: before 12th century see: who Usage: Observers …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JUSTIFICATION — noun Date: 14th century the act, process, or state of being justified by God, 2. the act or an instance …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACCOUNT — I. noun Etymology: Middle English acounte, accompte, from Anglo-French acunte, from acunter Date: 14th century reckoning , computation , 2. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THEOLOGY — Study of the nature of God and the relationship of the human and divine. The term was first used in …
Английский словарь Британика
INDUCTION, PROBLEM OF — Problem of justifying the inductive inference from the observed to the unobserved. It was given its classic formulation by David …
Английский словарь Британика
ETHICAL RELATIVISM — Philosophical view that what is right or wrong and good or bad is not absolute but variable and relative, depending …
Английский словарь Британика
JUSTIFICATION SPACE — noun see justifying space
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WORTH — I. ˈwərth, ˈwə̄th, ˈwəith intransitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English worthen, from Old English weorthan, wurthan; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXCUSE — I. ikˈskyüz, ek-, in “excuse me” often ˈsky- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English excusen, from Old French escuser, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHOICE — I. ˈchȯis noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English chois, from Old French, from choisir to choose, of Germanic origin; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACCOUNT — I. əˈkau̇nt also aˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English acount, accompt, from Old French aconte, from aconter, v. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REVERSIBLE ERROR — noun : error justifying the vacating of a judgment or decree, sustaining an exception or appeal, or remanding a case …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE — noun : a privilege that arises and is available in the law of libel and slander when there are facts …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUSTIFICATION — ˌjəstəfə̇ˈkāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English justificacioun, from Late Latin justification-, justificatio, from justificatus (past participle of justificare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOVIAN — ˈjōvēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Jovi us of Jupiter (from Jov-, Juppiter ) + English -an 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONSCIENTIOUS — |känchē|enchəs also -änsē|- sometimes |kȯn- adjective Etymology: French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin conscientiosus, from Latin conscientia conscience + -osus -ous …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUSTIFICATION — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act, process, or state of being justified by God 2. a. : the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
JUSTIFICATION — noun the act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to god's requirements. 2. justification ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
JUSTIFICATION — [jus.ti.fi.ca.tion] n (14c) 1: the act, process, or state of being justified by God 2. a: the act or an …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JUSTIFY — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the end justifies the means (= used to say that something bad is acceptable, if …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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