English Dictionary

raison d'état

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹeɪˌzɒn deɪˈtɑː/

名詞

A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.

日本語の意味

国家の利益、または国家を存続・安定させるための戦略的判断 / 政治的・法的倫理を超えて、国家の利益を最優先する考え方

The ambassador argued that the siege was justified by raison d'état, claiming national security outweighed legal and moral objections.

大使は、この包囲は国家の利益によって正当化されると主張し、国家安全保障が法的および道徳的な反論よりも優先すると述べた。

意味（1）

A state interest, especially when invoked as politically superior to moral or even legal considerations.

The law as created by the Supreme Court has been nay-saying in fact and in effect, stating in specific instances a series of thou shalt nots. Not entirely, to be sure, as the cases illustrating raison d'état in American constitutional law tend to indicate, but enough to make the generalization valid.

raison d’état （ canonical ）