inopportunism

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noun

A reluctance to take advantage of pragmatic opportunities that present themselves, usually because of ideological or theological purity.

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Meanings

nouninopportunism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA reluctance to take advantage of pragmatic opportunities that present themselves, usually because of ideological or theological purity.

    And I do not believe in the inopportunism of Socialists.

    1913, Why I Am in Favor of Socialism, page 12
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    Who would risk a schism in a mere question of inopportunism?

    1999, Roland Hill, Lord Acton, page 196

    When we still had a situation where we had to reckon with revolutionary spasms, we faced what was called the 'inopportunism' of the Left, a tendency that had to be overcome.

    2011, John Riddell, Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 1922, page 177
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