proactive
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Definition of proactive
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty.
“We can deal with each problem as it pops up, or we can take a proactive stance and try to prevent future problems.”
“Staff are also proactive in approaching any passengers looking as though they need assistance, rather than waiting to be approached.”
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Etymology
From pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatrist Viktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.
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