opportunism

Noun

Meaning

The art or practice of taking advantage of opportunities or circumstances, or of seeking immediate advantage with little regard for ultimate consequences.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

expedience self-interest self-seeking avenue liberty time place approach ability opening room advantage alternative opportunity politics
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Antonyms

problem failure disorder trouble inability disadvantage
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Hypernyms

selfishness

Related terms

opportunity opportune opportunist opportunistic

Anagrams

prosumption

Examples

Although this invitation may have arisen from Charles II's casual opportunism in matching people to tasks, Wren is believed to have been already on the way to architecture practice. Source: Internet

Conservative MP Chris Clarkson was speaking about "opportunism" during the Labour-led debate on economic support for areas with greater restrictions, when he claims the insult was hurled at him. Source: Internet

All parties, including the DA, engage in partisanship and political opportunism. Source: Internet

If the ambition to drive social progress while staying away from politics could barely pass as pragmatism for Jordan in 1990, however, it is harder not to regard it as opportunism for corporate CEOs in 2020. Source: Internet

Playing the messiah of the masses by using a tragic death is the worst act of opportunism. Source: Internet

Montgomery abhorred the lack of coordination, the dispersion of effort and the strategic muddle and opportunism he saw in the Allied effort in Italy and was glad to leave the "dog's breakfast" on 23 December 1943. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

opportunely opportuneness opportuning opportunist opportunistic opportunistic diseases