opportunism

English

Etymology

From French opportunisme

Noun

opportunism (countable and uncountable, plural opportunisms)

The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.

Related terms

Translations

the taking of opportunities

Armenian: օպորտունիզմ (hy) (ōportunizm)
Czech: oportunizmus m
Esperanto: oportunismo
Finnish: opportunismi (fi)
French: opportunisme (fr) m
Galician: oportunismo m
German: Opportunismus (de) m

Japanese: 日和見主義 (hiyorimi shyugi), 便宜主義 (bengi shyugi), 便乗 (ja) (binjou)
Portuguese: oportunismo m
Russian: оппортунизм (ru) m (opportunizm)
Serbo-Croatian: oportunizam (sh) m
Spanish: oportunismo m
Turkish: fırsatçılık (tr)

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