Nobody likes arrogance and arrogance. Then why do people behave so disgustingly? Usually a person suffering from pride does not notice any deviations. This is generally a big problem for a person - to understand that he is not changing for the better. Let's talk about swagger today , this is our object of study.
Value
A rare word, but everyone has come across the phenomenon that it means. To prove this, you need to open an explanatory dictionary and read in it the fixed meaning of the noun we are analyzing: "Vain pride, importance". The dictionary does not always give the answers that we are waiting for. For example, how in practice to distinguish vanity from ordinary pride? Probably, when a person imagines himself to be God, then this is pride, and when he gets tired of enduring humiliation, deprivation and breaks off deeply vicious and pathological relations, then this is pride, self-respect.
Cinema loves those who are important because they are not tolerated by the viewer and, as usual, cheer for the “good” versus the “bad” so that the proud man is put in place. But we do not want to give brutal examples. There is such a cute film as Stardust (2007). He has the character Humphrey Munday - this is swagger in a classic form. And most importantly, as it becomes clear in the course of the story, Humphrey is absolutely nothing, however, like his bride - Victoria Forester. It is also quite suitable for illustration.
Synonyms
Since the sound of the word for the modern ear is almost exotic, we need semantic analogues that are more familiar to us. Well, we will provide the necessary list:
- pride;
- arrogance;
- arrogance;
- conceit;
- force.
We’ll leave five items in the list. The reader can use the results of our searches or, by analogy, pick up their replacements. After all, the general vector and method are clear. Synonyms for "swagger" also do not cause positive emotions.
It can be seen that people are not too good with those who ask. The British even have a special phrase that acts as a stop signal for those who lifted their nose too high - “Let it be to you!”. That is why English culture, in fact, as well as Russian, is characterized by self-irony. You can be serious, but not too much. But we have recently experienced an acute lack of self-irony. But maybe tradition will prevail, and we will defeat the swagger that has spread everywhere? This is another question, of course. Talk about the nature of arrogance.
Why do people want to rise?
Each has its own reason. Sometimes this is the influence of the environment. If a person pays too much attention to his origin, then he despises those who are not aristocrats. But the psychological reason, of course, is in terrible complexes. When a person puts on a pedestal the origin, race, race, social status - it means he, like Humphrey Mandey, does not represent anything.
But swagger is not a phenomenon that is so easily resolved. Sometimes people who have achieved everything on their own behave disrespectfully with others. I recall the case of V. S. Vysotsky and Charles Bronson. Once Vladimir Semenovich repelled a fan when he asked for an autograph, and the next time Vysotsky confessed his love to Bronson, but did not find understanding, the actor told him: Get lost. What can be translated as "dump".
The moral of the story is this: firstly, you should not be arrogant, fate can repay with the same coin, and secondly, swagger is sometimes a coincidence, and not a personality trait. By the way, Sergei Dovlatov, who published it in his notebooks, is responsible for the authenticity of the story. But it’s not even so important for us whether it was or not. The main thing in it is a moral lesson to all those who read it.
Now the meaning of the word "swagger" is clear. But another thing is more important: it is necessary to take care of yourself and not especially to lift your nose, because after all, life can take off the pedestal.