opportunism in English

noun

1

the taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle.

he was accused of political opportunism

synonyms: expediency, pragmatism, exploitation, Machiavellianism, maneuvering, pushing (all) the right buttons, striking while the iron is hot, making hay while the sun shines

noun

• expediency, pragmatism, exploitation, Machiavellianism, maneuvering, pushing (all) the right buttons, striking while the iron is hot, making hay while the sun shines
• expedience, self-interest, self-seeking

Use "opportunism" in a sentence

1. 21 Opportunism is a devious kind of self-interested behaviour.

2. 19 The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism.

3. Fifth, opportunism can be reduced by vertical integration and long - term contract.

4. Everywhere there are meretricious actions and opportunism; everywhere there is an expectation of simple orders.

5. As a result, the specter of shareholder opportunism vis-a-vis creditors becomes an increasingly significant agency cost for firms approaching insolvency.

6. The rest are chugging a toxic slurry of Cowardice, ambition, and opportunism that has led members of the upper house of a co-equal branch of government to relinquish their power and prerogatives

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8. Within nations occupied by the Axis powers in World War II, some citizens and organizations, prompted by nationalism, ethnic hatred, anti-communism, antisemitism, opportunism, self-defense, or often a combination, knowingly Collaborated with the Axis Powers.Some of these collaborators committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, or atrocities of the Holocaust.