proactive

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/(UK)
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/pɹəʊˈæk.tɪv/(UK) · /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/(US)

Definition of proactive

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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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