dexify

Defend, explain, and/or justify.

Verb

  1. Defend, explain, and/or justify.
    • This is a common masochistic sabotage that I describe with the acronym "dexify." When individuals defend, explain, or justify, they are unnecessarily supporting the reasons for their decision and giving others the...
    • Powerful people don't dexify (defend, explain, or justify). - 1991, Roberta Jean Bryant, Stop Improving Yourself and Start Living, New World Library, →ISBN, →OL, page 65:
    • The reason for this is that when you ask "why" questions people feel defensive and have a tendency to "dexify" (defend, explain, justify) what they said. - 1991 March, David Farlow, “Principles of Rapport - Focus Group...

Origin

Blend of defend + explain + justify.

Forms

dexifies dexifying dexified