Michael J. Knowles

The Left wields blackface as a political cudgel, feigning offense and making excuses according to political convenience. Conservatives need not embrace the same cynical and vindictive tactics. We would prefer to live in a society marked by grace and civility rather than one marked by petty opportunism and cancel culture.

American Author

Rick Wilson

I've written about this before, but the sad truth is this: There are only a handful of Trump true believers in the Senate. The rest are chugging a toxic slurry of cowardice, ambition, and opportunism that has led members of the upper house of a co-equal branch of government to relinquish their power and prerogatives.

Nguyen Phu Trong

A number of party... members lack proper discipline, are plagued by individualism, selfishness and opportunism. This gives rise to some individuals' words not matching their deeds, not adhering to party rules and regulations and having no proper mechanisms for disciplining those who make mistakes.

Vietnamese Politician

Richard J. Roberts

The battle over genetically modified crops is rife with business interests and political opportunism. When GMOs were first produced in laboratories around the world, they were rightly heralded as a tremendous leap forward in our ability to supplement nature by providing high-nutrient foods.

English Scientist

Karen Bender

Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.

American Novelist

Christoffel Wiese

I believe businesses don't grow or develop in terms of a blueprint. There is a huge element of opportunism involved.

South African Businessman

Diablo Cody

Ah, reality TV: where opportunists delight in exposing opportunism! It's kind of like the indie music scene.

American Writer

Boots Riley

The opportunism of electoral politics makes people lie to each other.

American Musician

Milton Friedman

One man's opportunism is another man's statesmanship.

American Economist

H. D. Kumaraswamy

Indian Politician

Using 'opportunism' suggests disapproval, often hinting at selfishness or dishonest gain.

Negative Connotation

The term implies actions may conflict with ethical standards or social norms.

Ethical Implications

Sometimes 'opportunism' reflects resourcefulness in difficult situations, not just greed.

Not Always Negative

In a positive light, it can mean adapting to survive or succeed in different conditions.

Adaptive Survival

In business or academic contexts, it suggests a calculated, strategic approach to opportunities.

Strategic Context

Indicates a willingness to modify one's stance or principles for advantage.

Changing Principles

 they're some of the world's most successful birds in terms of how long they've been around on this planet and i think eating they're eating corn even though it's only been around for a hundred years which is a tiny portion of their evolution it's another measure of their resilience and their opportunism they're taking advantage of a of a new food source

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 rational arguments and discussions and we can lose this with the very noble idea to keep people accountable for showing the people that we are not going to tolerate politicians they opportunism in politics so for me this is extremely important and i do believe that when we

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 to keep people accountable for showing the people that we're not going to tolerate politicians the opportunism in politics. So for me this is extremely important. And I do believe that when we're discussing politics these days, probably it makes sense

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 is their sheer opportunism they'll eat almost anything from an insect to a buffalo and this natural versatility enables them to exploit our world as my dog had just learned - its cost

Opportunism

Negative Connotation

Ethical Implications

Not Always Negative

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