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Taking advantage of circumstances
Opportunism is the practice of taking advantage of circumstances — with little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist
Opportunism
State opportunism (simplified Chinese: 国家机会主义; traditional Chinese: 國家機會主義), also known as national pragmatism, is a viewpoint put forward by Yang Xiaokai
State_opportunism
Intellectual opportunism is the pursuit of intellectual opportunities with a selfish, ulterior motive not consistent with relevant principles. The term
Intellectual_opportunism
Practice of taking advantage of every situation to maintain political influence
Political opportunism refers to the practice of taking advantage of every situation to maintain political support or influence, often disregarding relevant
Political_opportunism
Economic opportunism is a term related to the subversion of morality to profit. There exists no agreed general, scientific definition or theory of economic
Economic_opportunism
Cooperation with the enemy against one's country of citizenship in wartime
as independence, territorial gains or strengthening their nation-state. Opportunism and self-interest, particularly by political, economic and administrative
Wartime_collaboration
Anti-government protests in Albania
leader Taulant Balla accused Sali Berisha and the Democratic Party of opportunism, saying that they had changed position on the project only after the
Flamingo_Revolution
Islamic principality in India (1708–1949)
for opportunism and intrigue, and few if any scruples. Came to India as a youth, took service in the Mughal army, and later founded Bhopal State during
Bhopal_State
King of England from 1509 to 1547
his own initiative and, if they were, whether they were the result of opportunism or of a principled undertaking by Henry. The traditional interpretation
Henry_VIII
King of England from 1272 to 1307
statutes. At the same time, he is often condemned for vindictiveness, opportunism and untrustworthiness in his dealings with Wales and Scotland, coupled
Edward_I
2025 film by Josh Safdie
chutzpah, portraying him as an audacious hustler whose arrogance and opportunism drive the film's narrative. Chief film critic Kevin Maher of The Times
Marty_Supreme
Marxist theory
based either on a false strategy of popular fronts, or on political opportunism, said to be incompatible either with a permanent revolution or with the
State_monopoly_capitalism
Collaborationist regime in France (1940–1944)
The resolution was decided by a combination of patriotism and economic opportunism in the expectation that independence would result. Sautot subsequently
Vichy_France
Socialist tendency developed by Ferdinand Lassalle
scale". Marx and Engels argued that this strategy was a form of political opportunism. In the analysis of Eduard Bernstein, Lassalle's social Caesarism was
Lassalleanism
American politician (1902–1971)
school yearbook. His senior caption in the yearbook stated "First in the council hall to steer the state, and ever foremost in a tongue debate", and a biographer
Thomas_E._Dewey
Leader of Mongolia from 1939 to 1952
of the Presidium of the State Little Khural (head of state) from 1929 to 1930. His rule was maintained by a repressive state and cult of personality.
Khorloogiin_Choibalsan
Prime Minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025
ISBN 978-1-55164-749-4. Findlay, Tammy (March 1, 2022). "Intersectionalities of Opportunism: Justin Trudeau and the Politics of "Diversity"". International Journal
Justin_Trudeau
Proposed social class within capitalism
Hans Magnus Enzensberger had previously written of the "characterless opportunism" of its members, in reference to its constant shifting of allegiances
Professional–managerial_class
2025 studio album by Taylor Swift
10089. Ardana, Stefanus Galang; Christiana, Merry (2026). "Semiotic Opportunism and the 'Brand as Fan': Corporate Performances of Fandom in the Taylor
The_Life_of_a_Showgirl
Far-right authoritarian political ideology
said that much of the ideology was merely a by-product of unprincipled opportunism by Mussolini and that he changed his political stances merely to bolster
Fascism
Economy of an Australian state
opportunities greatly contracted, Victoria was still reputed for its economic opportunism and individualism which further encourages material progress and financial
Economy_of_Victoria_(state)
Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
from the Hunan Provincial Committee, as punishment for his "military opportunism", for his focus on rural activity, and for being too lenient with "bad
Mao_Zedong
American historian (born 1962)
Americans in South Dakota in 1890. She argued that party politics and opportunism led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. After a bruising midterm election,
Heather_Cox_Richardson
British Army officer (1887–1976)
coordination, a dispersion of effort, a strategic muddle and a lack of opportunism in the Allied campaign in Italy, describing the whole affair as a "dog's
Bernard_Montgomery
American politician and businessman (born 1947)
social issues. Skeptics, including some Republicans, charged Romney with opportunism and a lack of core principles. As a Mormon, he faced suspicion and skepticism
Mitt_Romney
English nursery rhyme
mentioned in the 18th century, it was early associated with acts of opportunism, particularly in politics. Moralists also rewrote and expanded the poem
Little_Jack_Horner
Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
مصلحتاندیشی نباشد" [Khamenei: It is necessary that there be no hesitation or opportunism in choosing a leader]. Radio Farda (in Persian). Archived from the original
Mojtaba_Khamenei
Major Hindu scripture
of doing evil that good may come. The Gita does not countenance such opportunism. Arjuna is to do the best he knows, in order to pass beyond that best
Bhagavad_Gita
Argentine footballer (born 1987)
striking ability with either foot in the last 25 yards, as well as his opportunism and clinical finishing inside the penalty area, while his height, eye
Gonzalo_Higuaín
Mental health organizations
defined as self-help groups that function independently from any control at state or national levels, and from any other group or professionals. These groups
Self-help groups for mental health
Self-help_groups_for_mental_health
German Nazi paramilitary organisation (1925–1945)
joining the movement in great numbers, usually motivated by political opportunism. By 1938 about one-third of the SS leadership were members of the upper
Schutzstaffel
2023 Indian film by Mani Ratnam
gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and stated "Ratnam's spectacle may be steeped in fiction and fantasy but its entitlement and opportunism feels as real and relevant
Ponniyin_Selvan:_II
Leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985
delegation (led by Velimir Stoinić) accused the Party of "sectarianism and opportunism" and blamed Hoxha for these errors. Stoinić stressed the view that the
Enver_Hoxha
1960–1962 unrecognised state in Africa
support of the South Kasaian évolués who saw his elevation as flagrant opportunism. Soon after his elevation, Kalonji was publicly condemned and disavowed
South_Kasai
President and dictator of Uganda since 1986
politically motivated. Human Rights Watch stated that "the arrest of these opposition MPs smacks of political opportunism". A confidential World Bank report
Yoweri_Museveni
Israeli general and politician (born 1960)
Seri-Levy, Erez (2022). "Israel's inter-war campaigns doctrine: From opportunism to principle". Journal of Strategic Studies. 46 (2): 293–318. doi:10
Gadi_Eisenkot
Class of animals with milk-producing glands
MJ, Ruta M, Lloyd GT (September 2008). "Superiority, competition, and opportunism in the evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs" (PDF). Science. 321 (5895):
Mammal
American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
activity was arguing with college students. To many, his idealistic opportunism was irresistible." In his earlier life, Kennedy had developed a reputation
Robert_F._Kennedy
1605 failed attempt to kill King James I of England
Catholics. Gardiner portrayed Salisbury as guilty of nothing more than opportunism. Subsequent attempts to prove Salisbury's involvement, such as Francis
Gunpowder_Plot
British government statement of 1917
a result not of a sudden opinion shift but of Churchill's skillful opportunism in turning at the last minute a general debate on funding for the colonies
Balfour_Declaration
American politician (1908–1957)
criticisms of the Malmedy trial were driven not only by antisemitism, but by opportunism to gain favor with the political right by scapegoating marginalized groups
Joseph_McCarthy
British socialist organisation founded in 1884
"social-chauvinists", "undoubtedly the most consummate expression of opportunism and of Liberal-Labour policy". Drawing from Friedrich Engels, Lenin declared
Fabian_Society
However, several former defense officials downplayed concerns of foreign opportunism and argued that the U.S. national security apparatus including the nuclear
White_House_COVID-19_outbreak
6–11 August 2011 riots in cities and towns across England
and spending cuts, as well as social media, gang culture and criminal opportunism. The House of Commons Home Affairs select committee began examining the
2011_England_riots
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
to El Fadl, such efforts were being increasingly tainted by political opportunism and an unwillingness for critical engagement with the Islamic traditions
Salafi_movement
Form of communism
left communist Amadeo Bordiga dismissed Marxism–Leninism as political opportunism that preserved capitalism because of the claim that the exchange of commodities
Marxism–Leninism
Socialist economic-political system
Amadeo Bordiga argued that Marxism–Leninism was a form of political opportunism which preserved rather than destroyed capitalism because of the claim
Authoritarian_socialism
Mountain with U.S. presidential sculptures
Howard and Audrey Shaff describe him as motivated less by racism than by opportunism and the need to maintain the financial backing of his Stone Mountain
Mount_Rushmore
East Asian ethnic group
not based on shared culture. It was for pragmatic reasons of "mutual opportunism," since Nurhaci said to the Mongols: "You Mongols raise livestock, eat
Manchu_people
Period of the Government of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026
situation as "opportunism" and a "meltdown." Addressing the Parliamentary Labour Party later that evening, Starmer remained defiant, stating he had "won
Premiership_of_Keir_Starmer
1946 book by Viktor Frankl
memory under extreme conditions, as well as the sort of instinctual opportunism (for the sake of survival) or positive thinking mentality that often
Man's_Search_for_Meaning
Canadian singer (born 1968)
of Entertainment Weekly opined that "the whole earth-mama act is just opportunism, reborn". Miracle debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and No
Celine_Dion
Derogatory term for a change of policy or opinion
for the $87 billion in war funding by reducing Bush's tax cuts. FactCheck stated that "Kerry has never wavered from his support for giving Bush authority
Flip-flop_(politics)
Russian religious dissenters
Peter T. (2018). The Old Believers in Imperial Russia: Oppression, Opportunism and Religious Identity in Tsarist Moscow. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 9781838609535
Old_Believers
American businessman and philanthropist (born 1955)
later recall that Gates was "scheming to rip me off. It was mercenary opportunism plain and simple". Gates says he remembers the episode differently. Allen
Bill_Gates
1894–1895 war between China and Japan
clan pursued a pro-Chinese policy. This was also partly a matter of opportunism as the intervention by Chinese troops led to subsequent exile of the
First_Sino-Japanese_War
1866–1871 consolidation of German states
short-term opportunism and cynicism in Bismarck's manipulation of the circumstances to create a war, rather than a grand scheme to unify a nation-state. Regardless
Unification_of_Germany
President of El Salvador since 2019
2021. "La Ideología de Bukele es el Oportunismo" [Bukele's Ideology is Opportunism]. El Faro (in Spanish). 3 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024. Gomez Licon
Nayib_Bukele
Genocide campaign in the Ottoman Empire
national memory.] Pontic Genocide, Responsible is the imperialistic opportunism, 20 May 2009. Day in Memory of the Pontic Greeks Genocide. The poor in
Greek_genocide
Ruling party of North Korea
Revolution shortly thereafter, an event criticized by the WPK as "left-wing opportunism" and a manifestation of the "Trotskyist theory of a permanent revolution
Workers'_Party_of_Korea
Form of governance
closely related to corruption, opportunism, and machine politics. It can contribute to underdevelopment and weak state capacity. In contrast to many other
Patrimonialism
Earliest anatomically modern humans in Europe and West Asia
Zohar, I.; Dayan, T.; Goren, M.; Nadel, D.; Hershkovitz, I. (2018). "Opportunism or aquatic specialization? Evidence of freshwater fish exploitation at
Cro-Magnon
2024 book by Percival Everett
Bridgewater. The two charlatans are largely defined by their callous opportunism, and they ultimately betray Jim by trying to sell him. These two characters
James_(novel)
Attempt to defraud a person or group
Confidence tricks exploit characteristics such as greed, dishonesty, vanity, opportunism, lust, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, desperation, and naïvety
Scam
Country in Central Africa
S2CID 154604590. Takougang, J. (2003). "Nationalism, democratisation and political opportunism in Cameroon". Journal of Contemporary African Studies. 21 (3): 427–445
Cameroon
of Buoyant Opportunism". Wisconsin Lawyer. 76. State Bar of Wisconsin. Retrieved April 18, 2025. The Wisconsin Blue Book 1897 (Report). State of Wisconsin
1896 Wisconsin Supreme Court special election
1896_Wisconsin_Supreme_Court_special_election
Pejorative term for reinterpretation of Marxism
National communism in Romania Neoauthoritarianism (China) Open Marxism Opportunism in Marxist theory Post-Marxism Titoism Socialism with Chinese characteristics
Revisionism_(Marxism)
recognition'". The Guardian. Amin, Shaan (31 July 2018). "The racial opportunism of a rising political star in Trump's America". The Caravan. Retrieved
Political positions of Nikki Haley
Political_positions_of_Nikki_Haley
Battle where the Qin state decisively defeated the Zhao state
relief. However, since 295 BC, Zhao foreign policy had been dominated by opportunism, and had frequently shifted between hezong (合縱) (anti-Qin alliances)
Battle_of_Changping
Series of organised pogroms in India
the Indian National Congress's complicity in the riots and called it "opportunism" and "hatred" by the Congress government, of Sikhs. Although the U.S
1984_anti-Sikh_riots
Clade of reptiles
Ruta, Marcello; Lloyd, Graeme T. (2008). "Superiority, Competition, and Opportunism in the Evolutionary Radiation of Dinosaurs" (PDF). Science. 321 (5895)
Dinosaur
1992 TV protest by Irish singer-songwriter
refound faith "convenient" and ascribed her criticism of O'Connor to opportunism, as she sought to stay in the news while promoting her album Erotica
Sinéad O'Connor on Saturday Night Live
Sinéad_O'Connor_on_Saturday_Night_Live
Politico-religious ideology
movements to revive the faith, weakened by "foreign influence, political opportunism, moral laxity, and the forgetting of sacred texts"; the more recent movement
Islamism
President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974)
may be described as populist - a combination of demagogy, nationalism, opportunism and paternalistic socialism. James P. Brennan (1998). Peronism and Argentina
Juan_Perón
S2CID 88386259. Boobyer, M. G.; Hockey, P. A.R. (1994). "Dietary Opportunism in the Karoo Korhaan: Consequence of a Sedentary Lifestyle in an Unpredictable
List_of_herbivorous_animals
American technology company
number of contractual promises, and was simply acting in a spirit of opportunism, after the cryptocurrency increased in value more than 30 times. In September
Ripple_Labs
Polish communist state from 1947 to 1989
rate far better than the official one and became wealthy from their opportunism, albeit at the risk of punishment, usually diminished by the wide-scale
Polish_People's_Republic
2007 UK legal case
record of climate change denial. The party declares that "political opportunism and alarmism have combined in seizing [the IPCC's] conclusions to push
Dimmock v Secretary of State for Education and Skills
Dimmock_v_Secretary_of_State_for_Education_and_Skills
Lake in California and Nevada, United States
the Tahoe area were in disputed territory. In a striking display of opportunism which ostensibly occurred because the boundary was still "officially"
Lake_Tahoe
2022–2023 South Korean television series
as a drug supplier to Sa-ra. His loyalty to the group stems more from opportunism than influence. Lee So-ee as Yoon So-hee A student at Sunghan High School
The_Glory_(TV_series)
Mongolian president in 1924
Jadambaa was dismissed from all his posts after being accused of "Right Opportunism". He was exiled to the Soviet border town of Kyakhta in 1929. In the
Navaandorjiin_Jadambaa
Leader of China from 1978 to 1989
post-mortem in 1931 singled out Deng's behavior as an example of "rightist opportunism and a rich peasant line". In 1945, several former commanders of the Seventh
Deng_Xiaoping
Mongolian state from 1924 to 1992
in 1928 denounced previous "right opportunism" (baruun opportunizm) and dismissed several leaders. In 1929, the state began expropriating monastery property
Mongolian_People's_Republic
Medium sized bird of North America with distinctive yellow chest
"Dietary Relationships among Shrub Steppe Passerine Birds Competition or Opportunism in a Variable Environment". Ecological Monographs. vol. 50, no. 1. pp
Western_meadowlark
Russian anarcho-communist (1886–1937)
choose between establishing a dictatorship or sliding into "reformism and opportunism". On 4 January 1932, Arshinov wrote to the Politburo of the Communist
Peter_Arshinov
Pakistani social democratic political party
various socialists such as Fahad Rizwan who accused the Peoples Party of opportunism. Recently, the Peoples Party has adopted privatisation and small-scale
Pakistan_People's_Party
Erez Seri-Levy. (2022). "Israel’s inter-war campaigns doctrine: From opportunism to principle." Journal of Strategic Studies. doi:10.1080/01402390.2022
The_Inter-war_Campaign
2016 statute in North Carolina, US
court, but would defend state agencies against it. McCrory criticized his decision. However, Cooper was accused of opportunism for using HB2 and the corporate
Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act
Public_Facilities_Privacy_&_Security_Act
American journalist (born 1979)
diehard Boston sports fan. The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020. Flatiron Books. July 26, 2022
Jonathan_Lemire
Species of hyena
carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportunism; it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to
Spotted_hyena
Fourth wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991)
experiences shaped her defensive and aggressive personality, fostering an opportunism that persisted even when she no longer needed to assert herself. Jiang's
Jiang_Qing
Organization engaged in commerce or industry
particular, contractual and relational governance can help mitigate opportunism as well as support communication and information sharing. Many businesses
Business
Political party in the US and Canada
of peaceful transition towards socialism, which the ACP denounces as "opportunism and capitulationism". In turn, the CPUSA accused the ACP of being a populist
American Communist Party (2024)
American_Communist_Party_(2024)
Romanian journalist and politician (1900–1984)
coaxed schoolteachers into joining his party, and agreed that "such opportunism must be curbed". A well-known case was that of Ioachim Crăciun, who became
Ștefan_Voitec
British television quiz show
believing that a leaked press release on ITV's announcement had been "naked opportunism", and it "would have been more honourable to let the show go out in the
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)
Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire?_(British_game_show)
19th-century German school of geostrategy
organization and mobilization. It is clear, however, that what appears as opportunism in the conduct of Nazi foreign policy was actually the result of plans
Geopolitik
Structured criminal groups
members, their motivations and the environments in which they work. Opportunism is also a key factor – the organized criminal or criminal group is likely
Organized_crime
1969 Marxist internal coup in South Yemen
to revolutionary ideals, suggesting that they might be motivated by opportunism and a desire to climb to the seats of power rather than pursue genuine
Corrective_Move
American actor (born 1966)
continued sympathy. Schwimmer mercilessly lays bare his character's opportunism, casual cruelties, and chronic self-deception." In 2006, he made his
David_Schwimmer
Famine killing millions (1959–1961)
which was the erroneous command, the 'Utopian Socialism', and the 'Left opportunism'." Researchers outside China have argued that the massive institutional
Great_Chinese_Famine
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