self-justifying

/self-juhs-tuh-fahy-ing, self-/US // ˌsɛlfˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ ɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- //

自圆其说,自我辩解,自我辩护,自辩

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- : automatically adjusting printed or typed lines to fill a given space, especially to conform to a rigid margin.

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.

/self-juhs-tuh-fahy-ing, self-/US // ˌsɛlfˈdʒʌs təˌfaɪ ɪŋ, ˈsɛlf- //

自圆其说,自我辩解,自我辩护,自辩

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
- : automatically adjusting printed or typed lines to fill a given space, especially to conform to a rigid margin.

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.