A soldier is what? Meaning and synonyms of a word

Soldafon is the favorite hero of anecdotes and various films. From Russian, one immediately recalls the series "Soldiers" (2004-2014) and the movie "DMB" (2000). Today we will analyze this word and understand who can be called a martinet, and when such an assessment is unfair.

Value

This word has two meanings:

1. Military, whose interests do not go beyond the narrow professional sphere.
2. A non-cultured, uneducated person, ignorant (this is a figurative meaning of the word).

And note, the second meaning may not be taken into account directly by the military. The reader agrees whether or not, but the soldier is a man who at least served in the army. Because otherwise the definition is meaningless. Why, in the event that the object of evaluation was not even in the army, to call someone a martinet?

Synonyms

As always, in order to better understand the meaning of the word being analyzed, we disclose to the reader the fan of words or phrases that can replace the object of research. Here is the list:

• Skalozub;
• Dork;
• The warrior;
• campaigner;
• The rude;
• Boorish;
• Ignorant;
• Ignorant.

Skalozub - a character Griboyedov from the play "Woe from Wit". That's really really anyone who, except for a military career, is not interested. His name has become a household name for a certain type.

Moullan is a man in whom masculine features are expressed too much. In figurative meaning, it's still the same rough and uncouth man.

A servant and a warrior - these words because of the suffixes "ak" and "yak" can give the impression of being abusive, but in fact they are used for both positive evaluation and negative.

The remaining synonyms of the "soldier" should not be explained, they are well known.

The acuity of the mind, and not the interests, determine the character of a person

Culture is felt in a person almost intuitively. People talk with each other and almost always it is immediately clear to them whether there is an intellectual charm in the interlocutor or not. It's all to the fact that highly specialized is different.

For example, Sherlock Holmes (performed by Vasily Livanov) admitted his complete denseness and lack of education regarding even the most elementary things concerning the school curriculum. For example, about whether the Earth rotates around the Sun or vice versa. But at the same time he demonstrated to Dr. Watson a fantastic erudition in his field, saying that he could distinguish dirt from different streets of London. Can we say that our wonderful Sherlock is a soldier? In no case. After all, the famous detective has a sharp mind. In addition, he perfectly understands that in some things he does not understand at all: art novels, philosophy, history - all this is not for him. The detective takes another.

Soldaphone as a psychological type

What does a martial artist mean in a psychological sense? If we talk about ignorance in military form, then it is different not only in that it does not represent life in another context, with a different scale of values, but also by postulating, imposing its image of being as the only true one.

Such a person does not understand how people can not serve in the army, not to love her. They have a clear division into men's and women's professions. Take the classic type of martinet - a man whose masculinity is visible to the naked eye. At the same time, he believes that, for example, reading books is a woman's occupation, and it only hurts a man. Of course, he is literally stuffed with various prejudices: racist, sexist. Tolerance is a concept that is not close to it. Represent a type, yes?

Such people are full of everything, like in literature, cinema, and in life.

Cinematographic images of martinet

Of course, here everyone can have their favorite characters, but first of all three heroes are remembered.

The first is Major Payne from the 1995 film of the same name. In it, a military professional, accustomed to killing enemies, was sent to the cadet corps. In the new work of the brutal warrior (which means the word, we also disassembled) under the influence of a romantic story with the psychologist of the institution, Emily Wolburn, a pedagogical gift wakes up, and it ceases to be a thoughtless machine of annihilating the enemy. What can I say? Love works wonders.

The second image is the commandant-sergeant Hartman from Stanley Kubrick's film "All-metal shell" (1987), played by the former military Lee Ermei. If the reader wants to properly understand the meaning of the word "soldier", then he urgently needs to see the first 45 minutes of the film, they are absolutely amazing.

The third image is Lily's father from the movie "Taxi" (1998). Of course, in comparison with the rest of his colleagues, this employee does not look quite serious, but nevertheless the character is memorable.

Soldiers are absolutely necessary for the country

From all of the above, the reader could get the impression that the soldiers are absolutely superfluous members of society. If so, then such a judgment is false. Military professionals are necessary for the country. True, they are such units that are not used in peacetime, except for the training of military personnel. But in times of crisis they are irreplaceable. As for their ignorance, in this sense they are not much different from other narrowly specialized specialists, but the warriors have a more limited nature.

Do not think that the military form in principle rejects intellectual, spiritual work. As an example, you can recall the names of such writers as Ernest Jünger and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The latter was not only a professional pilot, but also an excellent writer, a classic of the 20th century, who wrote one of the most touching books in the world - The Little Prince.

Thus, it can be said that nothing restricts anything, unless he himself wants to. The rule also applies to martial artists (the meaning of the word is already known): narrow-mindedness is also a choice.

It's another matter that people with a certain character go to the military, who are not afraid of subordination, do not confuse the framework, discipline, lack of freedom. Of course, people who feel the opportunity to come true in another area are unlikely to choose such a path. As a rule, the army goes, obeying the need, when they could not find themselves in civilian life. In this sense, the army and the church are similar, the path of despair leads them. Although, of course, not always. There are also military men with a sharp mind and humanistic values, but at the same time they are sure that only in this way they can help the Motherland.