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JUSTIFIER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does justifier mean?
• JUSTIFIER (noun)
The noun JUSTIFIER has 1 sense:
1. a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
Familiarity information: JUSTIFIER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
apologist; justifier; vindicator
Context example:
an apologist for capital punishment
Hypernyms ("justifier" is a kind of...):
advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)
Derivation:
justify (show to be right by providing justification or proof)
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