ご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

1

noun

opportunism; double standards; expediency

Describes a self-serving attitude where one changes principles or rules to suit one's own convenience, often with a critical tone.

彼かれのご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎにはもううんざり

だ

。

I'm fed up with his opportunism.

その政せい策さくはご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎだと批ひ判はんされた。

The policy was criticized as being based on double standards.

Kanji

御honorable, manipulate, govern
都metropolis, capital, all
合fit, suit, join
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

日ひ和より見み主しゅ義ぎ
日和見主義 emphasizes waiting to see which way the wind blows before taking a side, while ご都合主義 focuses on bending principles for personal convenience.
二に枚まい舌じた
二枚舌 refers to outright duplicity or saying different things to different people, whereas ご都合主義 is more about self-serving inconsistency in standards.

Word family

ご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎ者しゃ
opportunist

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Written forms

ご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎ
Standard spelling with honorific prefix ご and kanji 都合主義.
御ご都つ合ごう主しゅ義ぎ
Formal or literary variant using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix.

Etymology

Compound of honorific prefix ご + 都合 (circumstances, convenience) + 主義 (principle, doctrine). The term likely emerged in modern Japanese to describe self-serving attitudes.

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