Etymology: translation of French raison d'état
: a motive for governmental action based on alleged needs or requirements of a political state regardless of possible transgressions of the rights or the moral codes of individual persons
Etymology: translation of French raison d'état
: a motive for governmental action based on alleged needs or requirements of a political state regardless of possible transgressions of the rights or the moral codes of individual persons
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012