expediences
Advantageous quick fixes
Expediences is the plural of expediency—the quality of being convenient or practical, often at the expense of principle.
Political expediences are compromises made for advantage rather than conviction: The treaty reflected diplomatic expediences rather than genuine agreement.
The word carries a slightly cynical tone, suggesting shortcuts or moral flexibility.
Ease of use
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- compromisesSettlements through mutual concession
- stopgapsTemporary substitutes for permanence
workarounds · quick fixes · temporary measures · band-aids · utility · instrumentality · opportunism · realism
What you cannot lack
- exigenciesPressing demands or needs
- emergency measuresUrgent actions during crises
- contingenciesPossible future events
- rapid deploymentFast positioning of forces
hasty decisions · triage · prioritization · critical paths · fast-tracking · snap judgments
Favorable factors or conditions
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- political maneuveringStrategic power-seeking tactics
- strategic positioningDeliberate advantageous arrangement
- leveragingUsing for maximum effect
calculated risks · profit motives · ulterior motives · scheming · manipulation · cunning · self-promotion · favoritism
convenience
Ease of use
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- shortcutsQuicker methods or paths
- compromisesSettlements through mutual concession
stopgaps · workarounds · quick fixes · temporary measures · band-aids · utility · instrumentality · opportunism · realism · functionalism
necessities
What you cannot lack
- exigenciesPressing demands or needs
- emergency measuresUrgent actions during crises
- contingenciesPossible future events
rapid deployment · hasty decisions · triage · prioritization · critical paths · fast-tracking · snap judgments
advantages
Favorable factors or conditions
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- political maneuveringStrategic power-seeking tactics
- strategic positioningDeliberate advantageous arrangement
leveraging · calculated risks · profit motives · ulterior motives · scheming · manipulation · cunning · self-promotion · favoritism · nepotism
expediencesprinciples
Foundational moral beliefs
ideals · scruples · ethics · integrity · moral principles
expediencesidealisms
Beliefs in perfection
utopian visions · perfectionism · purism · visionary thinking
expediencesaltruisms
Unselfish regard for others
selflessness · self-sacrifice · magnanimity · disinterestedness · impartiality