Prescription vs Proscription

ByFaris

It was the first time that I heard about the word proscription, and I thought it was related to people being pulled into the army, i.e. conscription. Apparently it is not. The formal definition is the action of forbidding something, or banning. The ‘pro’ in the word proscription made me think that it was something good or at least within the same intention, but apparently it is not. Forbidding something seems opposite to being pro-something.

In comparison the word prescription means to authoratively recommend something. Wouldn’t the ‘pre’ be more related to something that needs to be done beforehand, i.e. prerequisite? Pre-emptive? Prequel? Apparently not.

These confusions aside, it is concerning that a proscription is done in this age and space. An age where prescription can be easily retrieved from the palm of our hands. Yes, a feeble attempt to link between the two terms, sorry.

Anyways, I hope the proscription comes not to fruition.

Thank you for reading.

Similar Posts

  • Confirming Football

    ByFaris

    Went to a Malaysian meet-up recently and it ended just before a Premier League game, and naturally most of the attendees stayed to watch the football. One of the attendants needed a lift so I offered one, and we left while people were still watching the game. The guy asked me whether I watched football,…

  • Good Enough

    ByFaris

    I was about to write this post and I felt that I have written this before. Sure enough, there it was, a post I wrote two years ago. Well this shows that human are a creature of habit, and history repeats itself. Life has been a bit hectic recently and it feels a bit overwhelming…

  • Gatherings and Gratefulness

    ByFaris

    It’s almost the end of Syawal, but for Malaysian, this doesn’t stop us from celebrating Eid, or Hari Raya, through having ‘open house’. I had a problem to describe this to a Chinese neighbour, I simply said it’s a Malaysian party. What I find best about these gatherings is they make me feel grateful of…

  • A Bit Slow

    ByFaris

    I felt a bit slow today while working, in the sense it took me quite a long time to digest certain part of my work. I also joined a study group and by the end of it, I was partially lost. My colleague who conducted the study group blissfully explained points that I was struggling…

  • Under promise

    ByFaris

    There’s a saying in project management, or even the corporate world, that you should under promise but overdeliver, i.e. you say you can do something by the end of the week but you try to finish it even earlier, for example by the middle of the week, or even earlier, like the end of the…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *