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adventurism

  • /ədˈvɛn(t)ʃəɹɪz(ə)m/ UK

noun adventurisms

  1. countable, uncountable The behavior of an adventurer; risk-taking. […] she really hadn’t wanted me to think of her as given over wholly to sexual excess and adventurism […]
  2. countable, uncountable The taking of excessive risks (by a government, etc) in political, economic or foreign affairs, often in disregard for established rules or norms. 1993, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedom, Nairobi: EAEP, Part I, Chapter 2, p. 22, Even where they were aware of the devastating effects of imperialism on the subject peoples, as in Conrad’s description of the dying victims of colonial adventurism in Heart of Dar

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noun policy led by excessive risk taking

Españolaventurismo, aventurerismo
한국어모험주의 moheomjuui
日本語冒険主義 bōkenshugi
中文冒險主義 /冒险主义 màoxiǎnzhǔyì
Portuguêsaventurismo
Françaisaventurisme
DeutschAbenteurertum, Abenteuertum
Românăaventurism
Русскийавантюри́зм avantjurízm
Tiếng Việtchủ nghĩa mạo hiểm

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@misc{adventurism_2026,
  title = {adventurism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adventurism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}