Today we will talk about what ambition is and why it is so unpleasant, and also give examples illustrating the meaning of the word and synonyms.
Werewolf-word
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, embarrassment may occur. Now, when they say "a man with ambition", it means that he is narcissistic, arrogant and arrogant.
The origin of the object of our research is foreign. The source is the Latin word honor. It is translated as "honor" and "dignity". But in the course of the historical development of the language, the word "arrogance" changed its pole. He was more fortunate than coffee, which is now not only masculine, but also neuter. So it could have been worse.
Why is the word "arrogance", the meaning of which we are exploring, so annoying? It's pretty easy to explain. The fact is that ambition is the brother of snobbery. And as Andrei Sinyavsky noted: “Snobbery is, after all, an attempt to soar without sufficient grounds.” Can someone accuse a person who has real achievements behind his back of excessive conceit? Never! Annoying only pretentiousness, rootedinto absolute impotence 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 yes, then good, but no, it does not matter. Semantic analogies will correct the matter. We have already used them, but now we will present them as a single expanded list. Honor is:
- megalomania;
- pride;
- arrogance;
- swagger;
- arrogance;
- arrogance;
- arrogance;
- conceit;
- arrogance;
- star disease.
The list clearly tells us that there is nothing good in ambition. What does this quality of a person indicate? That he is not very sure of himself. Imagine if a person who has really achieved a lot and moved forward against the general background will focus on this and emphasize his merits in the presence of others? Of course not! What is ambition? Emptiness multiplied by eternity.
Fletcher Reed as an example of a person with ambition
It's nice when the villain is punished and defeated on screen, like the hunter Gaston in Beauty and the Beast (1991), but it's even better when the same villain is reborn.
Jim Carrey's character in Liar Liar (1997) is certainly not a villain in the full sense of the word. He is just a bad person: he lies to everyone, dodges, fawns on his superiors, hoping to get a leadership position. He seems to love his son, but does not care for him at all. At the same time, onlooks down on others, considering himself better than many, if not all. Are you tormented by the question, what is ambition? Think back to this movie and breathe a sigh of relief because Fletcher Reed is self-importance incarnate.
But then a real spiritual rebirth happens to the unscrupulous lawyer, worthy of the pen of Leo Tolstoy. There is a reassessment of values, and all ends well. And we are glad, because we have a suitable example to illustrate.
