Synonyms for expedience
ex·pe·di·ence

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1. expediencenoun

   Speed, haste or urgency.

   Synonyms:
   expediency

2. expediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   expediency

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1. expedience, expediencynoun

   the quality of being suited to the end in view

   Synonyms:
   opportunism, self-interest, expediency, self-seeking

   Antonyms:
   inexpediency, inexpedience

2. opportunism, self-interest, self-seeking, expediencenoun

   taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

   Synonyms:
   expediency, self-concern, self-seeking, self-interest, egoism, self-centeredness, opportunism, egocentrism

   Antonyms:
   inexpedience, inexpediency

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1. • Advantage

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1. expediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   fitness, propriety, suitableness, advisability, desirableness

2. expediencenoun

   Synonyms:
   advantage, profit, utility

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1. List of paraphrases for "expedience":

   opportunism, expediency, desirability

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1. Barack Obama:

   I find it ironic that people who are constantly citing the Constitution would suddenly read into the Constitution requirements, norms, procedures that are nowhere to be found in there. That's precisely the kind of interpretive approach that they have vehemently rejected and that they accuse liberals of engaging in all the time, well, you can't abandon your principles, if in fact these are your principles, simply for the sake of political expedience.