OPPORTUNISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opportunism mean? 

• OPPORTUNISM (noun)
  The noun OPPORTUNISM has 1 sense:

1. taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

  Familiarity information: OPPORTUNISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPPORTUNISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

expedience; opportunism; self-interest; self-seeking

Hypernyms ("opportunism" is a kind of...):

selfishness (stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others)

Derivation:

opportunist (a person who places expediency above principle)

opportunistic (taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit)