OPPORTUNIST: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | `âpurt'oonust
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| Matching Terms: | | opportunism, opportunistic, opportunistic infection
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- [n] a person who places expediency above principle
- [adj] taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
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| | Synonyms: | | expedient, opportunistic, self-seeker, timeserving |
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| | See Also: | | backscratcher, carpetbagger, hustler, operator, selfish person, timeserver, wheeler dealer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Op`por*tun"ist\, n. [Cf. F. opportuniste.]
One who advocates or practices opportunism. [Recent]
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