noun

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

  ‘he was accused of political opportunism’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Regardless of the opportunism, the Stones are still the greatest rock show on earth.’
  • ‘Jeremy tells an epic tale of money, greed, opportunism and blind chance.’
  • ‘It hopes to cash in on a difficult situation - but its display of grisly opportunism appears only to have annoyed local residents.’
  • ‘It appears that switching parties is the worst form of opportunism.’
  • ‘For them it was nothing more than pure political opportunism.’

  Synonyms

  expediency, exploitation, taking advantage, Machiavellianism, manoeuvring, pragmatism, realism, unscrupulousness

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