Opportunism Synonyms

äpərto͝onizəm, äpərtyo͝onizəm
Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. expediency
  2. timeliness
  3. exploitation
  4. making hay while the sun shines
  5. self-interest
  6. striking while the iron is hot
  7. getting while the getting is good
  8. self-seeking
  9. expedience

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Opportunism Sentence Examples

  • Among these were to be found the most sordid opportunism and the most heroic self-effacement, the crassest supernaturalism and - the loftiest conceptions of practical morality.

  • Cynical opportunism often hides the despair.

  • Before the war, when German Social-Democracy was orthodox, it fought opportunism by the same mild method that Kostrzewa spoke of here.

  • The practical application of the latter demand has revealed much opportunism.

  • The diet of Zagreb was allowed to meet, and the Serbo-Croat coalition pursued a policy of pure opportunism, avoiding any pronouncement on matters of high policy, but buying a certain relaxation of regime in Croatia by supporting the Budapest Government and its nominee Skerlecz.

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