The best response I have to this question is "it depends." Depends on the organizational culture, the amount of design rationale you have to back up your design decisions, the personalities at play in both sides of the conversation, and the roles and responsibilities of the team members.
If you are working in an organization that doesn't respect UX then you may end up struggling with everyone, not just developers. You'll need to expend extra effort convincing stakeholders and decision-makers that your designs and/or ideas have merit and should be listened to. This can be very frustrating, and it may take several design "wins" to get enough "street cred" to help you in your pitches.
If you come into a situation with designs and not a lot of background reach and design rationale you may experience some challenges. Many people are critical by nature and will approach any design with skepticism. Having research, usability test results, and a solid design rationale will help explain why the work you have produced Is the right direction.
If the developers, or whoever receives the output of your design activities, are hyper-critical and/or disrespectful, then you have a personality issue to overcome. You need to approach such a challenge with professionalism and try your best. If it's a systemic disrespect shown towards UX design and designers, you may need to find another place to work.
If you are in a large group and many of them are critical or expect you to rationalize your work, you may need to look at the roles and responsibilities of the members of the group. Everyone has an opinion… You need to look at the "deciders" and focus on them. One way to approach it is to get that approval and ignore everyone else, and let the stakeholders you have convinced make your arguments for you.
One final thought: should you justify every choice you make? No, you need to present your work with confidence and push back against an attempts to rationalize everything. If you fall into that trap, you may be focusing on trivia instead of the core aspects of what's important.