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opportunism

[ op-er-too-niz-uhm, -tyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
action or judgment in accordance with this policy.

1865–70; < Italian opportunismo, equivalent to opportun ( o ) (< Latin opportūnus; opportune ) + -ismo -ism

The press would blow the whistle on this naked opportunism, and the flip-flop police would beat him senseless.

Where Rand Paul led, other Republicans followed: some out of conviction, some out of opportunism, and some out of fear.

He will move upward in society through opportunism and submissiveness.

There have been some truly disgusting displays of opportunism out there.

So those seeking to turn their opportunism into actual political power should beware their own hubris.

It takes advantage of every incident, with a noble opportunism.

Its opportunism was instrumental—its idealism was home and family and individual betterment.

The Chamber thereupon voted the exile of the members of the families which Opportunism.

He was certainly a man of genius, and he used that genius to found a political school based on extreme self-seeking opportunism.

Their union with the Bolsheviki was from the first a compromise, based upon the political opportunism of both sides.

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