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A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
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justifier
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Justifier may refer to: Something which justifies In the theory of justification , something which justifies a belief Konami Justifier , a light gun used in video arcade and home console games One of the Justifiers , fictional soldiers in the DC Comics ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist , vindicator ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Justifier \Jus"ti*fi`er\, n. One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. --Strype. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. --Rom. iii. 26.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly philosophy English) One who, or that which, justify (some belief or action).
Usage examples of justifier.
For 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.
South is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes - a justifier of the most appalling barbarity, a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds, and a dark shelter under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection.