opportunism
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opportunism
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From French opportunisme, equivalent to opportune + -ism.
noun opportunisms
- The practice of taking advantage of any situations or people to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences.
- The political line of Communist Party members who zealously support the Party, but whose trait is that they yield to the mood of the moment, they are unable to resist what is fashionable, leading to the sacrifice of the permanent and essential interests of the Party to the momentary and minor interests. Opportunism today, as represented by its principal spokesman, the ex-Marxist Karl Kautsky, fits in completely with Marx's characterization of the bourgeois position quoted above, for this opportunism limits recognition of the class struggle to the sphere of bourgeois relations. (Within this sphere,
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noun the taking of opportunities
| Español | oportunismo, pancismo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 편의주의 pyeonuijuui, 기회주의 gihoejuui |
| 日本語 | 日和見主義 hiyorimi shyugi, 御都合主義 gotsugō shyugi, 便乗 binjō |
| 中文 | 機會主義 /机会主义 jīhuìzhǔyì, 投機 /投机 tóujī, 投機主義 /投机主义 tóujīzhǔyì |
| Português | oportunismo |
| Français | opportunisme |
| Deutsch | Opportunismus |
| Русский | оппортунизм opportunizm |
noun Marxist terminology
| 中文 | 機會主義 /机会主义 jīhuìzhǔyì |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | οπορτουνισμός oportounismós |
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title = {opportunism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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