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What (who) is opportunism$55343$ - definition
CONSCIOUS POLICY AND PRACTICE OF TAKING SELFISH ADVANTAGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES
Opportunist; Opportunistic; Disaster opportunism; Disaster Opportunism; Professional opportunism; Social opportunism; Biological opportunism; Evolutionary opportunism; Take advantage; Opportunists; Opportunism in Marxist theory
opportunist
(opportunists)
1.
If you describe someone as opportunist, you are critical of them because they take advantage of any situation in order to gain money or power, without considering whether their actions are right or wrong.
...corrupt and opportunist politicians.
ADJ: usu ADJ n [disapproval]
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An opportunist is someone who is opportunist.
Like most successful politicians, Sinclair was an opportunist...
Car thieves are opportunists.
N-COUNT
2.
Opportunist actions are not planned, but are carried out in order to take advantage of a situation that has just occurred.
Eric Cantona made the game safe with a brilliant opportunist goal.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
opportunistic
¦ adjective
1. exploiting immediate opportunities, especially in an unplanned or selfish way.
2. Medicine (of an infection) occurring when the immune system is depressed.
Derivatives
opportunistically adverb
opportunism
If you refer to someone's behaviour as opportunism, you are criticizing them for taking advantage of any opportunity that occurs in order to gain money or power, without thinking about whether their actions are right or wrong.
The Energy Minister responded by saying that the opposition's concern for the environment was political opportunism.
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
Wikipedia
Opportunism
Opportunism is the practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist actions are expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives. The term can be applied to individual humans and living organisms, groups, organizations, styles, behaviors, and trends.
Opportunism or "opportunistic behaviour" is an important concept in such fields of study as biology, transaction cost economics, game theory, ethics, psychology, sociology and politics.
