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Assertive - this is what? Synonyms for "persistent" and subtlety of use

The question "What is persistent is what?" Arises because this word expresses two poles of meanings - positive and negative. And sometimes it's hard to figure out what's what. Therefore, consider the meaning of the definition of "boring" and synonyms for it.

Value

Imagine the situation. The child learns to walk. He gets up from the fours, goes a few steps and falls. Then he again tries again. Suppose, the same kid before dinner stretches for candy and, despite all the persuasions of my mother, does not give up efforts. In the first case, people would praise a small man for perseverance and determination, and in the second - would be accused of excessive irrepressibility and even bad manners. After all, his mother said that you can eat sweets only after dinner.

What links both cases? Yes, the two meanings of the word "boring" are absolutely correct answer.

  1. So they say about the resolute person who is going to his goal, not noticing the obstacles.
  2. And quite the same characterize an ill-mannered, bothersome, intrusive boor.

According to the dictionary, the word refers to vernacular.

Synonyms

Find the replacement, after it became known, is not difficult. If it is a question of a positive quality of a person, then the following options are suggested:

  • Resolute.
  • Purposeful.
  • Persistent.
  • Assertive.
  • Volitional.
  • With character (in a positive sense).

If we are talking about persistence, bordering on arrogance, then the options are as follows:

  • Bothersome.
  • Hamovaty.
  • Unceremonious.
  • Shameless
  • Intrusive.
  • Bothersome.
  • With character (in the negative sense).

There is one more subtlety about which it is worth saying: not always assertive is a staunch qualitative characteristic of a person. That is, today a stubborn employee who is building a career is called resolute and purposeful, and tomorrow he is obsessive and intrusive. What to do, human society is unfair to its individual representatives. Or the fluctuation of the meaning may depend on the sex of the employee: if a man shows initiative, he is encouraged, and if a woman - she gets only oblique glances. More on this below. Here the main thing is that we have split the word "hard", a synonym even for him was picked up, and not one, but several, for every taste.

Gender subtleties of the use of the word

You can talk about emancipation as much as you like, but our language, and therefore the public consciousness, which through it is transparent, are extremely slow. So when it comes to a man, he can be called single-minded and persistent, and yet they will be told about him: "Assertive!" This will be a compliment.

If you imagine a woman in the role of a man, for example, making a career in a firm, then she, in addition to real difficulties, will face even stiffness (ossification, reinforced concrete) of people's beliefs and attitudes. Many will think that she has a character (in a bad sense), that she takes the burden on her own. In general, the girl is bothersome, intrusive, in other words, she is pushy. Of course, now this trend is changing, because women also prove their purposefulness and efficiency, so not everything is so bad.

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