Definition of "opportunism" []

• The taking of opportunities; especially the practice of seeking immediate advantage from a situation without considering the long term (noun)

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• "The term opportunism doesn't begin to do justice to the parade of motor mouths who often argue two sides of any and all issues."
• "As for what you describe as my opportunism, my hypocrisy, my front-runningness, my herd mentality in aligning with Earth Hour, that's a fiction you're choosing to impose on me."
• "For their part, some European policymakers are irked by what they call the opportunism of China's apparent wish to trade some of its vast foreign wealth for increased influence."