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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
adventurism
 
SYLLABICATION:ad·ven·tur·ism
PRONUNCIATION:  d-vnch-rzm
NOUN: Involvement in risky enterprises without regard to proper procedures and possible consequences, especially the reckless intervention by a nation in the affairs of another nation or region: “American strategic interests would . . . be even more jeopardized by Soviet adventurism in the Middle East” (Christopher T. Rand).
OTHER FORMS:ad·ventur·istADJECTIVE & NOUN
ad·ventur·isticADJECTIVE
 
 
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