Today we’ll talk about what ambition is and why it is so unpleasant, and also give examples illustrating the meaning of the word, and synonyms.
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As soon as the word appeared, it had a positive connotation and meant “honor”, “dignity”. But this option is currently considered obsolete, and if someone is "praised" in this way, then embarrassment can happen. Now, when they say “a man with ambition”, it means that he is narcissistic, arrogant and arrogant.
The origin of the object of our study is foreign. Source - Latin word honor. It translates as “honor” and “dignity”. But in the course of the historical development of the language, the word “ambition” changed the pole. He was more fortunate than coffee, which now has not only masculine, but also a middle gender. Therefore, it could be worse.
Why is the word ambition, the meaning of which we are exploring, so annoying? This is pretty easy to explain. The fact is that ambition is the brother of snobbery. And as Andrei Sinyavsky noted: "Snobbery is an attempt to soar without sufficient reason." Is it possible that someone who has real achievements behind him can be blamed for excessive conceit? Never! Annoyance is only pretentiousness, rooted in absolute powerlessness to back up words with deeds, but at the same time such a subject believes that he is better than the rest.
Synonyms
Did the reader understand what ambition is? If so, it’s good, but no, it doesn’t matter. Semantic analogies will correct the matter. We have already used them, but now we will present them as a single extended list. Honor is:
- megalomania;
- pride;
- arrogance;
- swaggering;
- arrogance;
- conceit;
- arrogance;
- conceit;
- arrogance;
- star fever.
The list clearly tells us that there is nothing good in ambition. What does this quality of a person testify to? The fact that he is not very confident in himself. Imagine if a person who, in fact, has achieved a lot and has moved forward against the general background, will focus his attention on this and emphasize his dignity in the presence of others? Of course not! What is ambition? Emptiness multiplied by eternity.
Flatcher Reed as an example of a man with ambition
It's nice when the villain is punished on the screen, and he is defeated, like the hunter Gaston in the animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991), but even better when the same villain is reborn.
The hero of Jim Carrey in the movie Liar, Liar (1997), of course, cannot be called a villain in the full sense of the word. He is just a bad person: he lies to everyone, dodges, fawns before his superiors, hoping to get a leading position. He seems to love his son, but he does not deal with him at all. At the same time, he looks down on others, considering himself better than many, if not all. Tormented by the question, what is ambition? Remember this movie and breathe a sigh of relief, because Flatcher Reed is self-conceit.
But then with a shameless lawyer a real spiritual rebirth occurs, worthy of the pen of Leo Tolstoy. A reassessment of values takes place, and everything ends well. And we are glad, as we have a suitable example to illustrate.