adventurism
noun
defiance or disregard of accepted standards of behavior.
adventurist
-
a word derived from
adventurism.
Example Sentences
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But Watler was an adventurist, his friend Tom Menne said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
I think some people became adventurist because they couldn’t figure out a strategy that was going to work.
From Time ● Jan. 30, 2015
And finally, this weekend's midnight movie is 1968's "Barbarella," starring Jane Fonda as a futuristic space adventurist.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2010
In his trade union he was always seen as a realist and a pragmatist – and an improbable ally of a romantic adventurist like Scargill.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2010
It is an abuse of language if our unenterprising age tries to stigmatize that energetic policy which pursued positive aims as an adventurist policy.
From Germany and the Next War by Friedrich von Bernhardi
