opportunism
The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often…The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
» That's opportunism, pure and simple.
Das ist schlicht und einfach Opportunismus. — Tamy
Это чистой воды оппортунизм. — marafon
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
Opportunismus
оппортунизмopportunizm
taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
(Marxism, countable, uncountable)The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests.
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Origin
From French opportunisme, equivalent to opportune + -ism.From French opportunisme, equivalent to opportune + -ism.
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Forms
plural: opportunisms| Singular | opportunism |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others:self-interestself-seekingexpedience
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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