marriages of convenience
Loveless practical unions
Marriages of convenience are unions entered for practical benefit rather than love—typically to gain citizenship, tax advantages, or social respectability.
The phrase extends beyond matrimony to any alliance formed for mutual advantage rather than genuine compatibility: The coalition was a marriage of convenience between parties with little in common.
- unionJoining into one
- allianceFormal union of parties
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- façadeFalse outward appearance
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marriages of conveniencelove at first sight
Immediate romantic attraction to stranger
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