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Faustian adjective uk /ˈfaʊ.sti.ən/ us /ˈfaʊ.sti.ən/ (of an agreement or arrangement) giving advantages but also having disadvantages or a moral cost, because you are going against your moral values: Faustian bargainSome at Berkeley wondered why the professors had entered into such a Faustian bargain with a big corporation. Faustian pactWhen he agreed to sell the company it always looked as if he had made a Faustian pact that he would ultimately come to regret. He realized the deal would have been Faustian, and that no big movie studio would risk taking on such a project without destroying the spirit of the book. Now the unwelcome consequences of this Faustian bargain are sinking in. What a Faustian alliance that man has with the media. Is an artist making an exploitative Faustian pact when he portrays atrocities, however successfully he renders them? She signed a Faustian contract - she gained fame and fortune but lost the right to a truly private life. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissipated dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical obscene trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical |