adventurism
noun
ad·ven·tur·ism
əd-ˈven-chə-ˌri-zəm 
: improvisation or experimentation (as in politics or military or foreign affairs) in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles
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More recently, India’s desire to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific has led to a strategic alignment with the United States that has effectively disincentivized reckless Chinese adventurism.
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
The Swazi course of action was to persistently report Boer encroachment to the British with the ultimate aim of convincing the British that Boer adventurism into Swaziland was a threat to British interests.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
Skepticism of American foreign adventurism is native to the American right.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 June 2025
The series explores how Bao personifies the idealism and adventurism that defined the city in the 1990s.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025
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Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
The Swazi course of action was to persistently report Boer encroachment to the British with the ultimate aim of convincing the British that Boer adventurism into Swaziland was a threat to British interests.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Aug. 2025
Skepticism of American foreign adventurism is native to the American right.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 30 June 2025
The series explores how Bao personifies the idealism and adventurism that defined the city in the 1990s.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for adventurism
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“Adventurism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adventurism. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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