opportunism

opportunism

English

Etymology

From French opportunisme.

Noun

opportunism (countable and uncountable, plural opportunisms)

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

Related terms

• opportune
• opportunist
• opportunistic
• opportunity

Translations

the taking of opportunities

Armenian: օպորտունիզմ (hy) (ōportunizm) Chinese: Mandarin: 投機主義, 投机主义 (tóujī zhǔyì) 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), 御都合主義 (gotsugō shyugi), 便乗 (ja) (binjō) Malayalam: അവസരവാദിത്വം (avasaravāditvaṃ) Portuguese: oportunismo m Russian: оппортунизм (ru) m (opportunizm) Serbo-Croatian: oportunizam (sh) m Spanish: oportunismo m, pancismo m (colloquial) Turkish: fırsatçılık (tr)