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expediency
[ik-
spee
-dee-
uh
n-see]
/ɪkˈspi di ən si/
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noun
,
plural
expediencies.
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.
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Also,
expedience
.
Origin of
expediency
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Late Latin
1605-1615
From the
Late Latin
word
expedientia,
dating back to
1605-15.
See
expedient
,
-ency
Related forms
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nonexpedience,
noun
nonexpediency,
noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018.
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expediences
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Indeed, they are the results of various necessities and
expediences
.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. III. (of 12)
Edmund Burke
British Dictionary definitions for
expediences
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expediency
/
ɪkˈspiːdɪənsɪ
/
noun
(
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
(sense 3)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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