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inopportunist
inopportunist, n. (a.) (ɪnˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪst) [f. inopportune + -ist: after opportunist; cf. F. inopportuniste.] One who believes a policy or course of action to be inopportune; esp. one who, on that ground, opposed the doctrine of Papal Infallibility at the Vatican Council, 1870; one opposed to the poli...
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opportunist
opportunist, n. (and a.) (ɒpəˈtjuːnɪst, ˈɒpətjuːnɪst) [f. as prec. + -ist; in F. opportuniste.] 1. a. One who professes or practises opportunism in politics, or in any sphere of action; spec. in French politics, a member of the party led by Gambetta (see quot. 1881); also, one who, at the Vatican Co...
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Papal infallibility
It clarifies the "inopportunist" position as largely a polite fiction and notes how it was used by Infallibilists to trivialize the nature of the opposition
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