proactive

Etymology

 * 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, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with.

Adjective

 * 1) Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty

Usage notes
Some consider proactive to be a buzzword, and it is associated with business-speak.

Depending on use, alternatives include, preemptive, or “show initiative” instead of “be proactive”.

Translations

 * Arabic: وِقَائِيّ, استباق الْأَحْدَاث
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: proaktivní
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: proaktiivinen,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: προενεργός
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 先取りした
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: proaktiv
 * Occitan: proactiu
 * Persian: پیش فعال
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: proactiv
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: proaktivan
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ముందెత్తున
 * Thai: การป้องกัน(ล่วงหน้า)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: проактивний, запобігливий