opportunism

conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances

Class type of: behavior Q334173

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5 properties

Instance of: concept
Subclass of: behavior
Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Q131767827, Belarusian encyclopedia^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Different from: Wikidata item^[7]
Practiced by: opportunistic organism^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en opportunism en opportunist ar انتهازية cs Oportunismus da Opportunist da opportunisme de Opportunismus el Καιροσκοπισμός el Καιροσκόπος el Οπορτουνισμός es oportunismo fa اپورچونیتی fa اپورتونیست fa اپورتونیسم fa اپورچونیسم fa اپورسیونیست fa اوپورچونیزم fa اوپورسیونیسم fa حزب باد fa فرصت‌جویی

🔖 Identifiers · 15

GND ID: 4272573-2
OpenAlex ID: C129631789
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026): 24VFLN
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021): 147307
Freebase ID: /m/079428
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: oportunisme
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0127908
JSTOR topic ID (archived): professional-opportunism
Lex ID: opportunisme
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 129631789
Quora topic ID: Opportunism
STW Thesaurus for Economics ID: 30005-0

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Topic's main category: Category:Opportunism
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 04842719-n
YSO ID: 20900

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Described by source 1

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

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concept

Subclass of 1

behavior

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Category:Opportunism

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Category:Opportunism

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Summary

opportunism is a concept^[1]. opportunism is a type of behavior^[2].

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[1] ↑ opportunism is an instance of concept (Q151885) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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1d ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Q131767827 +1

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65737: pages 301-558"
17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Topic's main category → Category:Opportunism

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Practiced by → opportunistic organism

Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Q131767827 +1

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