adventurism rare.
(ædˈvɛntjʊərɪz(ə)m)
[f. adventure n. + -ism, with special reference to adventur-er, -ess.]
1. The principles and practice of an adventurer or adventuress; defiance of the ordinary canons of social decorum.
| 1843 For. & Col. Q. Rev. II. 343 Concubinage, Socialism, and Adventurism, and all the practical results. |
2. The tendency in a government or politician to take risks in the management of national affairs, esp. in foreign policy (cf. Russ. avantyurizm).
| 1932 H. Nicolson Public Faces i. 17 Only three months before they had ousted the Churchill Government on a charge of adventurism. And here..was a weapon of adventure such as no British Government had ever possessed before. 1934 ― Curzon: Last Phase 52 The best analogy of the British imperial system is that of an old-fashioned and conservative banking house..an identical tradition, an identical caution, the same suspicion of adventurism. 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 294 The two ‘deviations’ were ‘passivity’..and ‘commandism’ or ‘precipitate haste and adventurism’. 1957 Observer 3 Nov. 1/1 Of the three official accusations against Marshal Zhukov, that of ‘adventurism’ appears to be based on no evidence whatever. |