JUSTIFIABILITY Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

justifiability

noun

Definition of justifiability

as in validity

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Recent Examples of justifiability The mixing of politics and scientific justifiability goes back even to Trump’s first term. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for justifiability

Noun

Hudak indicated in Friday’s news conference that police are looking into the validity of the document.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
And as with the actual Stanford prison experiment, questions of ethics and scientific validity are sidelined in favor of getting splashy results by any means necessary.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of validity

Noun

His latest work, The Urgency of Indigenous Values—available via JSTOR’s Path to Open program—not only examines the origins, wisdom, and pertinence of Haudenosaunee beliefs, but also confronts the inherent limitations of such examination.

— Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
Shackleton has some pertinence for fans of Apple TV’s sci-fi alternate-history series For All Mankind, in which prospectors from the United States and the Soviet Union compete for water resources inside the crater.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of pertinence

Noun

Often cast in adventurous roles, he was much admired for his elegant bearing.

— Daria Egidi, Vanity Fair, 23 Aug. 2026
Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families in the Connecticut lawsuit, said Friday’s ruling has no bearing on the ongoing lower court proceedings in Texas involving the liquidation of Infowars’ parent company.

— Jim Vertuno, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026