Adventurism Definition

ăd-vĕnchə-rĭzəm
noun
Involvement in risky enterprises, especially in foreign affairs, while disregarding established principles or adverse consequences.
American Heritage
Actions or tactics, esp. in politics or international relations, that are regarded as recklessly daring and involving the risk of serious consequences.
Webster's New World

The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. [from 19th c.]

Wiktionary

(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. [from 20th c.]

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Adventurism Sentence Examples

  • When this is combined with religious fanaticism and military adventurism, a threat is posed to global civilized norms, which we strive for.

  • In reality, the British Communist Party rejects only one form of political adventurism for another, more hysterical form.

  • Once we divorce the subjective aspect from the objective, such a philosophy becomes transformed into sheer revolutionary adventurism.

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