lesser evilism

noun

lesser evilism

noun

Etymology From lesser evil + -ism.

1

The strategy or policy of choosing the lesser evil.

Which is to say that when left support can be taken for granted – and lesser evilism can always be mustered to that end – only the right flank needs to be appeased.1992, New Politics, Volume 4, Issues 1-2, page 5
Sure I'm reverting to lesser evilism.2009, Steve Cohen, Bolshevik Burlesque, page 229:

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Lesser evilism has now become the default position to justify everything from drone strikes, domestic spying, targeted assassinations, torture and proxy wars to full-scale military intervention.2014, Colin Mooers, Imperial Subjects: Citizenship in an Age of Crisis and Empire, page 102:

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