Definitions for opportunisms

opportunisms op·por·tun·ism

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

Opportunisms is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 919 anagrams from letters in opportunisms (imnoopprsstu).

Definitions for opportunisms

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 opportunisms

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

Examples for opportunisms

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for opportunisms
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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