opportunisms
Taking expedient advantages
Opportunisms is the plural of opportunism, the practice of exploiting circumstances for personal advantage without regard for principles or consequences.
The plural typically appears when distinguishing types or instances: The article catalogued the various opportunisms of wartime profiteers.
Political discourse often uses it to describe different self-serving strategies: petty opportunisms that undermine public trust.
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
- market manipulationArtificially distorting asset prices
speculation · rent-seeking · carpetbagging · asset stripping · vulture capitalism · predatory lending · tax avoidance · gray markets
Seeking higher status
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- name-droppingCiting connections for status
- fair-weather friendshipBond abandoned in hardship
- gold diggingPursuing wealthy romantic targets
influence peddling · sycophancy · ladder climbing · self-promotion
Attempts to seize authority
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- expediencyPrioritizing practicality over ethics
- MachiavellianismCunning, amoral statecraft
- backroom dealsSecret unofficial negotiations
bandwagoning · fence-sitting · flip-flopping · realpolitik · patronage · cronyism · political maneuvering
Pathogens exploiting compromised hosts
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- superinfectionsNew infections during treatment
profiteering
Exploiting scarcity for gain
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- arbitrageExploiting price discrepancies
- price gougingExcessive pricing during crises
market manipulation · speculation · rent-seeking · carpetbagging · asset stripping · vulture capitalism · predatory lending · tax avoidance · gray markets · scalping
social climbing
Seeking higher status
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- name-droppingCiting connections for status
- fair-weather friendshipBond abandoned in hardship
gold digging · influence peddling · sycophancy · ladder climbing · self-promotion
power grabs
Attempts to seize authority
- alliancesFormal unions for cooperation
- expediencyPrioritizing practicality over ethics
- MachiavellianismCunning, amoral statecraft
backroom deals · bandwagoning · fence-sitting · flip-flopping · realpolitik · patronage · cronyism · political maneuvering
secondary infections
Pathogens exploiting compromised hosts
- parasitismOne benefits, one suffers
- superinfectionsNew infections during treatment
opportunismsintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
idealism · steadfastness · consistency · conviction · moral rectitude
opportunismsfaithfulness
Devoted loyalty maintained
devotion · constancy · fidelity · allegiance · commitment
opportunismshonor
High regard, moral dignity
rectitude · integrity · idealism · consistency · faithfulness
opportunist, opportunistic, opportunism, opportunists, opportunistically