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expediency

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ex·pe·di·en·cy

[ik-spee-dee-uhn-see]
noun, plural ex·pe·di·en·cies.
1.
the quality of being expedient; advantageousness; advisability.
2.
a regard for what is politic or advantageous rather than for what is right or just; a sense of self-interest.
3.
something expedient.
Also, ex·pe·di·ence.


Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin expedientia. See expedient, -ency

non·ex·pe·di·ence, noun
non·ex·pe·di·en·cy, noun
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the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product
expressed in spoken words; oral rather than written
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  • Political expediency rarely yields decisions that are clearly in the public interest.
  • Sadly, they're all the victims of the political expediency that comes with demonizing the group for the crimes of a few.
  • Then it was sacrificed on the altar of political expediency.
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expediency or expedience (ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ)
 
n , pl -encies, -ences
1.  appropriateness; suitability
2.  the use of or inclination towards methods that are advantageous rather than fair or just
3.  another word for expedient
 
expedience or expedience
 
n

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