Polypragmosyne

Polypragmosyne ( Greek πολυπραγμοσύνη , polypragmosyne , from polý = 'a lot' and prágma = 'something that is done ') denotes a conspicuous busyness, a habit or psychological compulsion to mix with everything and everyone. The basis is usually the compensation of self-esteem problems or a rigid character. Occasionally, it is also understood as blind actionism , which is more covered by the related term polypragmasy .

Even in antiquity, the term was negatively connoted as "meddling" and only in a few sources positively meant as diversity .

In dialect there are various expressions for the busywork, for example in Bavarian G'schaftlhuberei .

Web links

• Polypragmosyne . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 13 . Altenburg 1861, p. 328 ( zeno.org ).