The Courage To Be Disliked Flashcards
Wither
Rebuke only makes the animal wither.
The grass has withered to an unappealing brown / withered leaves.
(Of a plant) become dry and shrivelled. Fall into decay or decline.
Reprehensible
Is pointing the camera at the protagonist really such a reprehensible thing?
Deserving censure or condemnation.
Rebuke
There are two ways of raising child, both incorrect, raising by rebuke or raising by praise.
She had rebuked him for showing off.
Express sharp disapproval or criticism of someone because of their behaviour or actions. Also noun - expression of sharp disapproval or criticism.
(Synonym: to scold)
Affirm
He affirmed the country’s commitment to peace.
Wait, that’s an argument that can only lead to affirming infidelity.
Good parents know that children need both affirmation and challenge.
State empathetically or publicly. Declare one’s support.
Offer someone emotional support or encouragement.
Hurdle
Interpersonal relationships of work may be said to have the lowest hurdles.
Many face formidable hurdles when emigrating to the US.
The 100m hurdles.
A problem or difficulty that must be overcame.
Series of upright frames, e.g. during running race or temporary fence.
Compulsion
This is a friend relationship, away from work, as there is none of the compulsion of the workplace.
Payment was made under compulsion.
I felt a compulsion to buy an ice cream and several snacks.
The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something.
An irresistible urge to behave in a certain way.
Ruminate on
We sat ruminating on the nature of existence.
Think deeply about something.
Belittle
This is not to belittle his role.
She belittled his skiing skills whenever she could.
Make someone or something seem unimportant.
Be quite a blow
Hearing this news was quite a blow for me.
To be surprising/shocking.
Tenet
The tenet of Adlerian philosophy is teleology, explaining phenomena by purpose they serve rather than cause which they arise. To look at present rather than past.
A principle, belief, especially one of the main principles in religion or philosophy.
Retract
After hearing all the statements, I would like to retract from my theory and all allegations.
She retracted her hand as if she’d been burnt.
To withdraw (statement, allegation) as unjustified or untrue.
To draw back (choose not to do sth that one was expected to do).
Eccentric
The word is that there lives an eccentric philosopher that people have difficulties to understand. It does not mean he should be ignored.
Her eccentric appearance and behaviour was quite uneasy.
Unconventional and slightly strange.
Technical term: not centred.
Out of hand
During the protest things were getting a bit out of hand and police had to intervene.
They draw a conclusion and rejected any other ideas out of hand.
Not under control.
Without taking time to think.
Blindfold
They don’t seem to see real beauty of life, they are blindfolded.
A cloth covering eyes.
Deprive someone of sight by covering their head with blindfold, also metaphor.
With a blindfold covering eyes - adj. blindfolded.
Deprive
I don’t want to deprive anyone of the opportunity to explore the life by oneself.
Isreal deprived the Gaza Strip of its water and energy supplies.
These people are desperate and deprived of hope.
Deprive of. / Deprived of
Prevent (person or place) from having or using something. / taken away of something
