Opportunist
[ɒpə'tjuːnɪst] or [,ɑpɚ'tunɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a person who places expediency above principle.
(adj.) taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit .
Edited by Fergus--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who advocates or practices opportunism.
Inputed by Carlo
Examples
- For they were the conservatives of their day: between '76 and '89 they had gone the usual way of opportunist radicals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If the reformer is a pure opportunist, and lays out only the next step, that step will be very difficult. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For in them the greatest of the piecemeal reformers admitted the practical weakness of opportunist politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Perry