With the increase in production capacity, humanity no longer has to do heavy physical labor. Although, such a profession as a loader has not disappeared anywhere, even despite all the achievements of engineering. But reducing the amount of physical work has obvious disadvantages, for example, an increase in written work, which causes routine. It is the fear of something new, radical change, and following a definite pattern.
Definition in dictionaries
Due to the fact that many people do not have a philological education, they use some words incorrectly. In this case, dictionaries come to the rescue. With which also not everything is so unambiguous, in different sources the same word has not exactly the same meanings. From the following dictionaries we learn the meaning of the word "routine":
- The Big Encyclopedic Dictionary gives the following definition. Routine means road in French. These are trivial template tricks,which are used daily for all kinds of work. The word also means stagnation, psychological fear of the new.
- In the modern encyclopedia, routine is the usual way of working. It does not bring any pleasure due to the large number of constantly repetitive tasks.
- Let's look into the dictionary of historical terms. In it, the routine is presented as a manic desire to carry out monotonous activities. In a broad sense, the routine is a familiar business, ordinary work, trivial and monotonous actions.
- In the dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language, routine means following old traditions, legends and customs, excessive conservatism.
As we have noticed, almost all dictionaries contain very similar definitions. That is why they are abbreviated in the article and presented for the reader in a more understandable form.
What does the word routine mean in Ozhegov's dictionary?
Soviet linguist speaks of this as moral stagnation. When nothing new in the political, economic or any other field of activity passes. He also mentions conservatism, which is also a consequence of routine.
Famous people about routine
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin spoke about the routine in a revolutionary inclination. He spoke extremely unflattering about the atmosphere that prevailed in the Russian Empire. He said that the revolution is a counteraction to mossy, inertia, routine and conservatism. And the thoughts in the heads of the people were in an extreme degree of stagnation, people were notready for change and slavishly worshiped grandfather traditions.
The writer S altykov-Shchedrin called for stopping the routine by any legal means that were not known until now. Chekhov, talking about this, noted that he himself sometimes descends to routine.
Examples of usage
Let's consider examples of the use of the word. This will help you better understand its meaning.
- "One of the reasons I feel bad is routine. It depresses me and captures my mind, leading it to trivial thoughts."
- "Routine is one of the reasons why a man leaves a woman. He tries to find something new in another."
- "Everyday routine reforms you from a cheerful person into a dull and eternally dissatisfied state of affairs. It creates an aura of longing around you that oppresses you and suppresses your will."
- "Your wife is tired of this whole routine; monotonous running around the house, always cooking and babysitting."
What routine can lead to
First, to mental degradation. This is caused by repeating the same action several times. The brain gets used to the monotony and decides that it is not necessary to come up with a new one, since everything is fine.
Secondly, it leads to political stagnation. When, even without any elections, it is known who will be the leader of the country, and there is no significant opposition.
