justifiability
- noun
- /ˌdʒʌstɪfɪˈaɪbɪlɪti/
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justificabilidad
- The justifiability of the new policy was questioned by several experts during the meeting.
Examples
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About this, we have a lot of political correctness to protect an opinion no one really holds (viz. its justifiability).
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When there is a battle between the Old Enemy of God and humankind, Gregory believes that the format (wager) is not an important issue in the debate of justifiability.
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Justifiability
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He will demonstrate their justifiability, but to but to vindicate God's ways.
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Our topic today, as I understand it, is the justifiability of the codes restricting free speech enacted at over 150 universities.
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In this context, the legitimacy of national governments is eroding, as their attempts to use coercion to restore order have not been effective in the long run, and the justifiability of the times they chose to act in this manner is seen as arbitrary.
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In response to the concern that the desire for self-esteem may lead to a merely conventional morality, d'Holbach develops a conception of justified self-esteem that is bound to the idea of justifiability of one's actions to all of those who are affected by it.
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MPEP places it in the context of a much larger discussion about ethical stewardship of resources during pandemics, which includes, for example, concerns about preservation of critical services and debates about the possible justifiability of age-based rationing, issues beyond the scope of this article.
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CENTRAL TO THE BOOK OF JOB are five burning questions: (1) the justifiability of God in allowing a good man to suffer; (2) the controversy over retributive justice; (3) the value of human suffering; (4) the nature of the whirlwind revelations; (5) the significance of the restoration scene and why Elihu is not punished.
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That will be so only if the system within which they acquire, use, transform, and convey holdings is itself morally justifiable—but, again, we emphasize that this requirement of justifiability in no way distinguishes property rights from other liberal rights.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
Able to be defended or accepted as reasonable
The quality of an idea or argument that can be defended as reasonable
How Justifiable
Surface Forms
Morphology
justifiability = justifiable (transparent) = just + ify + able + ity
Standard noun formation from the adjective 'justifiable' using '-ity' to denote a quality; the derivation is regular and meaning is compositional.
Etymology
Justifiability comes from justify, which shares the same root as just and justice meaning 'right', plus the ending -ability meaning 'can be'. So justifiability is the quality of being able to be shown as 'right' or reasonable.
