Chutzpah
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Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Yiddish khutspe, which in turn derived from Hebrew חוצפה.
Though originally referring to a negative quality, the word chutzpah has developed some interesting positive connotations in English usage. Where as in Hebrew chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has outstepped the boundaries of accepted polite behaviour for selfish reasons, in English chutzpah can be spoken in admiration of non-conformist but gutsy audacity.
The famous contraversial lawyer Alan Dershowitz entitled his autobiography Chutzpah, a title many find to be highly befitting of the man.
Some other near-synonyms for chutzpah are:
- effrontery
- cheekiness
- nerve
- daring
- gutsiness
- rudeness
But none of these words capture the particular ambivalent blend that is chutzpah.