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: 機會主義／机会主义 (zh) (jīhuìzhǔyì)

• 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 (avasaravāditvaṁ)
• Portuguese: oportunismo m
• Russian: оппортунизм (ru) m (opportunizm)
• Serbo-Croatian: oportunizam (sh) m
• Spanish: oportunismo m, pancismo m (colloquial)
• Turkish: fırsatçılık (tr)