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In Western popular culture, the Chinese word for "crisis" ( simplified Chinese: 危机; traditional Chinese: 危機; pinyin: wēijī, wéijī[ 1]) is often incorrectly said to comprise two Chinese characters meaning 'danger' ( wēi, 危) and 'opportunity' ( jī, 机; 機 ). The second character is a component of the Chinese word for opportunity ...
A crisis ( pl.: crises; ADJ: critical) is any event or period that will lead to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. Crises are negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning.
The Chinese word for "crisis" (危机) is not composed of the symbols for "danger" and "opportunity"; the first does represent danger, but the second instead means "inflection point" (the original meaning of the word "crisis"). [89] [90] The misconception was popularized mainly by campaign speeches by John F. Kennedy. [89]
Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances. [1]Although in many societies opportunism often has a strong negative moral connotation, it may also be defined more neutrally as putting self-interest before other interests when there is an opportunity to do so, or flexibly adapting to changing circumstances to maximize self-interest (though usually in a ...
Analysis paralysis is a critical problem in athletics. It can be explained in simple terms as "failure to react in response to overthought". A victim of sporting analysis paralysis will frequently think in complicated terms of "what to do next" while contemplating the variety of possibilities, and in doing so exhausts the available time in which to act.
v. t. e. In political science, despotism ( Greek: Δεσποτισμός, romanized : despotismós) is a form of government in which a single entity rules with absolute power. Normally, that entity is an individual, the despot (as in an autocracy ), but societies which limit respect and power to specific groups have also been called despotic. [ 1]
C 8 H 8, the name derives from the resemblance to a barrel. [ 6] Basketane. Basketane. pentacyclo [4.4.0.0 2,5 .0 3,8 .0 4,7 ]decane (C 10 H 12 ), a polycyclic alkane with a structure similar to a basket. [ 3] Bowtiediene. Bowtiediene. Spiropentadiene, a polycyclic alkene with a 2D projection similar to a bowtie.
As an author, (my book The Crimson Crown comes out Aug. 27), the reimagining of a well-known tale appealed to me because it offered an opportunity to hold up a mirror to an aspect of our world ...