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opportunism

noun

op·​por·​tun·​ism ˌä-pər-ˈtü-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce opportunism (audio)
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: the art, policy, or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances often with little regard for principles or consequences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Such actions cast a shocking light on a bureaucracy corrupted by power, arrogance and petty opportunism. Ted Gup, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 But many seemed to act out of opportunism and greed, splurging on a yacht, a mansion, a $38,000 Rolex, or a $57,000 Pokemon trading card. BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Whether it’s principle or opportunism, Calvert’s change of heart seems a necessary shift in a race that has grown far more competitive as a result of the redrawing of California’s congressional boundaries. Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 That spirit has pervaded the hyperbole and opportunism of much of the media coverage. The Editors, National Review, 20 June 2022 Playing the lead role, Novak personifies onscreen some of the smugness and opportunism often found when the media turns its attention to rural America. John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2022 But Schubert knows her promise to be independent of partisan politics could strike some as opportunism, given her family’s deep Republican roots. Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 The reasons for all of this are a bit nebulous with lots of talk about demand unexpectedly outpacing supply, but there’s likely a healthy dose of opportunism here as well. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 June 2022 At worst, these proposals are nothing more than cynical commercial opportunism on the part of software vendors. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 31 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

opportune + -ism, after Italian opportunismo and French opportunisme

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of opportunism was in 1870

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