aktionistisch

English translation: frenetic

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German term or phrase:aktionistisch
English translation:frenetic
Entered by: LisaV20

19:20 Apr 9, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - International Org/Dev/Coop
German term or phrase: aktionistisch
Kritische Stimmen in den sozialen Medien, vor allem dann, wenn sie gehäuft auftreten, sind zunächst ein ziemlicher Schock.
Daraus entstehen gerne ***aktionistische*** und weitgehend wirkungslose Handlungen, die das Ganze eher verstärken als beschwichtigen.
LisaV20
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frenetic
Explanation:
or synonyms, such as frantic, hectic, overwrought
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Susan Welsh
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3 +2frenetic
Susan Welsh
3 +1reactive
Lancashireman
4mere actionistic
Cillie Swart
3sets off/sparks/triggers a scramble for action
Michael Martin, MA


  

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frenetic


Explanation:
or synonyms, such as frantic, hectic, overwrought

Susan Welsh
United States
Local time: 02:59
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agree  Ramey Rieger (X): nice!
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agree  Michael Martin, MA: 'Frenetic action' is good. Just wanted to add that but you beat me to it.
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agree  AllegroTrans
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disagree  Betty Finn: this is not what aktionistisch means
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reactive


Explanation:
reactive
adjective
UK /riˈæk.tɪv/ US /riˈæk.tɪv/
reacting to events or situations rather than acting first to change or prevent something:
Example: Unfortunately, the police have dealt with the problem of car theft in a reactive rather than a proactive way.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reactive

action for action's sake
It has come to be increasingly recognized that The Prince fails to offer a viable and practical guide to successful political action. Violent force provides Machiavelli's theory with the only even tentative form of purposive action he can theoretically sustain. In violence, elements of the action itself seem to appear as consequences, thus restoring a semblance of connection between deliberate action and outcomes. As a result, successful political action becomes less a question of examples and precepts than a matter of improvisational daring, a kind of action that arises directly from the immediate situation itself. In this connection, Machiavelli's representation of Cesare Borgia serves as an inspirational example of the improvisatory prince. In the final analysis, action per se emerges as the only rival to fortuna. Impetuosity replaces skill and wisdom, meeting the capriciousness of fortuna with a form of action equally riotous. This seems less discouraging from the perspective of the theory once we recognize that Machiavelli's point of view has shifted from that of an imagined individual prince to the interests of the political field of action itself. From there, it is action itself that sustains the possibility of politics.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1016/S0191-6599(02)00...



Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:59
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agree  TonyTK: Oi give it foive.
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sets off/sparks/triggers a scramble for action


Explanation:
Something like that might work.

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"They often result in a scramble for action with little to show for it, exacerbating rather than resolving the issue."

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 02:59
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mere actionistic


Explanation:
I would keep it as actionistic but add the word mere, to emphasize that it is uproductive.

"This often leads to mere actionistic and ineffective actions that, instead of alleviating the shock, reinforce the effects thereof."


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=aktionistische
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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