adventurism
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adventurism (uncountable)
- The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. [from 19th c.]
- (politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. [from 20th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 133:
- The rejection of foreign adventurism derived partly from an awareness of the dynastic vulnerability of the Bourbon line, partly from the country's economic as well as its military fragility – and partly too from the increasingly evident limitations of France's traditional international allies.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 133:
Translations [edit]
policy led by excessive risk taking
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