Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-justificatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: self--jus-ti-fi-ca-to-ry
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of justifying itself.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English justificatory English self-justificatory From self- + justificatory.

Inflected Forms

more self-justificatory (comparative) most self-justificatory (superlative)

Questions

What does self-justificatory mean?: Having the quality of justifying itself.
Where does self-justificatory come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English justificatory English self-justificatory From self- + justificatory.

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