曲きょく学がく阿あ世せい

noun

prostitution of learning; twisting the truth to suit the times

A yojijukugo describing the act of distorting academic or intellectual integrity to curry favor with those in power or to conform to current trends. Often used in critical or moralistic contexts.

• 彼かれの論ろん文ぶんは曲きょく学がく阿あ世せいのそしりを免まぬがれない。

  His paper cannot escape the criticism of being a prostitution of learning.

• 権けん力りょくにおもねる学がく者しゃは曲きょく学がく阿あ世せいと非ひ難なんされる。

  Scholars who flatter those in power are condemned for twisting the truth to suit the times.