samosterowność

English translation: self-driven personality

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Polish term or phrase:samosterowność
English translation:self-driven personality
Entered by: Robin Gill

10:42 Jul 5, 2017
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / personality qualities
Polish term or phrase: samosterowność
Description of criminals from a criminological paper.

Jednocześnie te osoby są wyjątkowo groźne z uwagi na swoje cechy psychiczne – skrajną demoralizację, wyrachowanie, a jednocześnie „samosterowność”, wysoką inteligencję połączoną z zanikiem „ludzkich uczuć”.
Robin Gill
Poland
Local time: 23:57
self-driven personality
Explanation:
Cecha może mieć aspekt pozytywny lub negatywny, w zależności od zastosowania. Tu jeszcze artykuł z Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intense-emotions-and-st...
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Katarzyna Kucharska
Poland
Local time: 23:57
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4self-driven personality
Katarzyna Kucharska
3"self-initiative"/"enterprising personality"
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.


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self-driven personality


Explanation:
Cecha może mieć aspekt pozytywny lub negatywny, w zależności od zastosowania. Tu jeszcze artykuł z Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/intense-emotions-and-st...

Example sentence(s):
  • “They are completely self-driven and more concerned with their image and materialistic things than issues that affect the entire country and even the rest of the world,” Drummond said.

    Reference: http://www.lifescript.com/well-being/articles/c/common_trait...
    Reference: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-great-careers-for-self-driven...
Katarzyna Kucharska
Poland
Local time: 23:57
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Native speaker of: Polish
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"self-initiative"/"enterprising personality"


Explanation:
Here, samosterowność is used pejoratively as initiative for committing criminal acts. That is why it is enclosed in quotation marks.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 18:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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