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expedience

noun

1 expedience

The quality of being suited to the end in view.

synonym: expediency.

Roget 646: expedience, expediency; desirableness, desirability etc. adj.; fitness etc. (agreement) 23; utility etc. 644; propriety; ... show more

Dutch: doelmatigheid, toepasselijkheid, gepastheid, passendheid, opportunisme

2 expedience

Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others.

synonyms: opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking.

Dutch: berekening, eigenbaat, eigenbelang
Polish: oportunizm, konformizm


Moby thesaurus: advantageousness, agreeableness, appropriateness, auspiciousness, beneficialness, benevolence, benignity, chargedness, class, cogency, convenience, criticality, crucialness, desert, excellence, fairness, favorableness, felicitousness, fineness, first-rateness ... show more.

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