The indirect includes deviations.
Indirect is an adjective that indicates a path that, despite having a specific purpose, presents deviations, generally unnecessary. The term, originating from the Latin indirectus , indicates certain detours before addressing what really matters or is intended.
Indirect behavior is characterized by not making the author's intentions clear. This is very common in some cultures, but it also occurs in isolation in shy people, who do not trust themselves enough and avoid direct and decisive communication .
The indirect way of doing something is always more complicated than the direct way, since it requires a greater number of actions, or methods that do not guarantee achieving the objectives set in the first place. If someone wants to borrow a book, for example, there is no easier or safer way to obtain it than to ask its owner; There is a chance of receiving a negative response, but at least there will be no misunderstandings.
Indirect type expression
An indirect , on the other hand, is an expression that allows something to be understood without an explicit or clear reference. If at a party where everyone drinks non-alcoholic drinks except one person who is drinking wine, someone says out loud "I can't stand people who drink too much and then say stupid things," the phrase can only be directed at one individual , even though It does not have a direct reference.
The indirect is usually used as a means to offend someone, and can be expressed face to face or by talking to third parties. In the latter case, as exemplified in the previous paragraph, it is common to use a high intensity of voice, with the aim of the phrase being heard by the person you are trying to bother.
Although this depends on the culture , indirection is usually a resource used mainly during adolescence, a stage in which fears invade us and we tend to take refuge behind a fictitious image when communicating with our environment. As we mature, human beings learn to respect our own flaws and, in the best of cases, we begin to show ourselves as we really are, without fear of being rejected.
Sarcasm is an indirect type of criticism that, in a very similar way to indirect criticism, seeks to make itself evident despite its characteristic lack of clarity and definition. A subtle difference from indirectness is that sarcasm does not always refer to a person; Likewise, it is not necessarily intended to offend or attack anyone. To cite a couple of cases, sarcasm can be used to express disagreement with the weather or the frustration of knowing that we have missed the train.
In soccer, the indirect free kick prevents a shot directly into the goal.
Other uses of the term
In syntactic analysis, the indirect object or indirect object is a constituent governed by a transitive verb, whose referent is a recipient of the action expressed by the verb. It is usually a person, although it can also be a thing. For example: "His boss gave him the raise," "I remember lending Pedro the book."
Indirect suffrage , in an electoral process, consists of the election of representatives who, in turn, are responsible for choosing the people who occupy public positions.
indirect free kick
In football , finally, the indirect free kick is the resumption of the game from a stopped ball (due to a dangerous play or because the goalkeeper took the ball with his hands after receiving a pass with his feet) that prevents the shot. straight to the goal.
This means that, in these plays, the ball must be touched by at least two players before entering the goal for the goal to be valid.