Definitions for opportunism

opportunism op·por·tun·ism

Spelling: [op-er-too-niz-uh m, -tyoo-]
IPA: /ˌɒp ərˈtu nɪz əm, -ˈtyu-/

Opportunism is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 764 anagrams from letters in opportunism (imnoopprstu).

Definitions for opportunism

noun

  1. the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
  2. action or judgment in accordance with this policy.

Origin of opportunism

1865-70; Italian opportunismo, equivalent to opportun(o) (Latin opportūnus; see opportune) + -ismo -ism

Examples for opportunism

That there may be no opportunism every citizen must be alive to the morality of politics.

Where Rand Paul led, other Republicans followed: some out of conviction, some out of opportunism, and some out of fear.

I have scorned this opportunism all my life, and now I regret having scorned it.

Is not this the opportunism of both a Browning and a Gladstone?

Rather, the most memorable images are often the result of opportunism and the projection powers of one Barack Obama.

So those seeking to turn their opportunism into actual political power should beware their own hubris.

No member of my family would ever be guilty of opportunism, and remain in my family.

He wanted advice, he wanted to be confirmed in his own opportunism, as a starving beggar may want food.

For that is just what opportunism wants—to keep these two questions in abeyance.

There have been some truly disgusting displays of opportunism out there.

Word Value for opportunism
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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