When a person does something indescribable and illegal, then he is accused of outrage, this is obvious. We repeat many words over and over again, but do we know what they really mean according to the explanatory dictionary? Few people look into a wonderful book, many rely on context and habit. Today we will analyze the word "outrage".
Meaning
The most interesting thing is that the object of research can be found in different contexts. For example, a person behaves strangely at his uncle's anniversary, he acts out of order. When the boss is furious and says that he wants to receive quarterly reports not on time, but tomorrow, he does the same. That is, the noun "outrage" covers a huge range of phenomena that at first and even second glance are not connected in any way. But there is still something unifying. The explanatory dictionary will tell us about this: outrage is “a gross violation of order, scandalous behavior.” The smart book gives a clue to why personal and public scandals are similar inreason: both are disruptive.
Outlaw and authority
Let's not lie and say that we have found the etymology of the word and are in a hurry to tell it to the reader. No, we, unfortunately, did not find it, but we will decompose it into its components and think about why the meaning of the word "outrage" is this and not otherwise, and how it is connected with the spelling.
Any rank implies hierarchy, hierarchy implies submission, and submission almost always negates freedom. Some rules are close to us, and we accept them, others we do not like, and we deny them. But sometimes the program crashes when one element of the script refuses to fulfill its role, and that's when outrage is born. It's pretty ornate, right? Nothing, with examples it will be easier. Let's go back to the uncle's anniversary, where the nephew made a formal brawl and behaved indecently. Why? Probably because the situation with alcohol consumption is out of control. When people celebrate, they agree:
- drink;
- praise the hero of the occasion;
- have fun.
Probably, a real celebration can be decomposed into more elements, but we don't need them. It is important to understand that these actions are part of the social contract, which also prescribes moderation in the implementation of these points to everyone. If immoderation comes into play, then excesses begin - this is the time when all ranks are canceled, authorities are trampled. In other words, chaos takes the reins of government into its own hands, the outcome of such an action can never be predicted. By the way, incelebrations where mind-distorting stimulants are involved, the outcome can never be predicted. The breadth of the Russian soul is manifested primarily in the scope of the holidays. Of course, we did not come up with an etymology, but an interpretation. And let's say it again: the question of what outrage means implies a simple answer: refusal to comply with the prescribed rules, laws. That is why scandalous behavior and oppression of other people are united under the “roof” of this word: both violate social rules, you can’t behave like that.
Offers
After we have learned the meaning and even explained it, we can proceed to example sentences. Such things may be needed for someone to practice, besides, in an arbitrarily chosen context, words can more clearly demonstrate their meaning. So let's get started:
- You know, Petrov, you shouldn't have missed the test today. The teacher made an outrage and refused to put triples just like that! He says that even at "three" you need to know. Something terrible must have happened in his life and he betrayed his principles.
- Today I endured unprecedented oppression and outrage! Are you still asking what happened?! Mom made me clean the room!
- If "outrage" received the status of a doctrine in managing people, then our boss would become its faithful adherent. Do not ask. He canceled smoke breaks and tea breaks and made the whole office work, and drink tea and smoke only during lunch break, no, can you imagine?!
Yes, the sentences are not without humor, but they do their jobperform: demonstrate the meaning of "outrage". Perhaps, however, we got examples of subjective insult rather than scandalous behavior. But in order to get information about the debauchery committed by public people, you can read the gossip column and think about whether this or that phenomenon can be taken as an illustration of the topic of our conversation today.
Synonyms
The last and much needed part remains. How to replace "outrage" with synonyms? The answer follows:
- scandal;
- hooliganism;
- brawl;
- arbitrariness;
- willfulness;
- despotism.
The attentive reader will understand that we have taken synonyms for both ordinary behavior that violates social norms and behavior that demonstrates the power of one person over others. As we remember, both are outrages.
