Proactive
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1930s: from pro-2 (denoting earlier occurrence), on the pattern of reactive .
wiktionary
pro- + active; originally coined 1933 by Paul Whiteley and Gerald Blankfort in a psychology paper, used in technical sense. [1] [2] Used in a popular context and sense (courage, perseverance) in 1946 book Man’s Search for Meaning by neuropsychiatristViktor Emil Frankl, in the context of dealing with the Holocaust, as contrast with reactive.
etymonline
proactive (adj.)
also pro-active, of persons or policies, as an opposition to reactive, "taking the initiative in a situation, anticipating events" as opposed to responding to them, 1921, from pro- + active. From 1933, in psychology (learning theory). Related: Proactively; proactiveness; proactivity.
