cortoplacista

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Spanish

Etymology

From a corto plazo (short-term) +‎ -ista.

Adjective

cortoplacista m or f (masculine and feminine plural cortoplacistas)

  1. short-sighted, short-termist (unable to see long-term objectives; lacking foresight)
    • 2015 July 28, “Delors, 90”, in El País:
      El secreto de la trayectoria del expresidente de la Comisión Europea por antonomasia está en su tozudez: nunca se rindió ante la rigidez de los ministros de Economía, ni ante el nacionalismo cortoplacista de algunos primeros ministros, ni siquiera cuando perdía, como le sucedió con su gran programa pro crecimiento y empleo contenido en el Libro Blanco de 1993: aún hoy sirve de referencia.
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