Sometimes referred to as “debaters” or “innovators,” ENTPs are known and respected for their curious minds and the desire to include people in their sphere of influence for purposes of collective knowledge generation. So are ENTPs naturally aggressive?
ENTPs are not naturally aggressive people. Instead, ENTPs are incredibly passionate people whose blunt approach to discussions and focus on logic at the expense of empathy may be misconstrued as anger. However, ENTPs do become angry when the opinions of others are unjustly silenced.
ENTPs are often a misunderstood personality type, as their passions are often misidentified as anger. Therefore, this article will explore the personality type in greater detail to try to dispel these myths and instead shed light on what makes ENTPs angry and how to deal with their anger:
Are ENTPs Aggressive?
Because ENTPs enjoy verbal sparring and getting into debates with other people, their passion can often be mistaken for anger. Furthermore, because ENTPs want logical conversations and academic solutions to problems, this may come at the expense of the feelings of others.
Consequently, ENTPs can make other people feel unwelcome or disrespected, which may be misconstrued as anger directed toward another person. It may be a simple matter of miscommunication or an ENTP lacking the social skills/empathy expected in a social setting.
Furthermore, because ENTPs enjoy debates and logical discussion, they can often express themselves with a level of bluntness and via unwavering opinions. This passion for open-ended debate can lead an ENTP to be the catalyst for an argument in settings where it may not be welcomed.
Once again, this can be misconstrued as anger or a desire to be antagonistic when in fact, it is just a standard method for ENTPs to express themselves and feed their hunger for knowledge.
However, while it would be incorrect to label ENTPs as naturally aggressive, albeit they are headstrong people, ENTPs can be spurred to anger under specific scenarios and conditions.
Do ENTPs Get Angry Easily?
Contrary to popular opinion, ENTPs as debaters and innovators enjoy open-ended discussions and hearing the views of others. However, it is typical for an ENTP to want to be the center of attention and to have the floor when brainstorming a solution to a problem.
However, while ENTPs enjoy hearing the opinion of others, they expect this treatment in turn for themselves and the people around them. Therefore, while ENTPs are often passionate and comfortably speaking their minds bluntly, they are seldom quick to anger in a debate space, as they enjoy verbal sparring and respect the opinions of others.
However, while differing opinions seldom bring ENTPs to anger, other people’s silencing of themselves or others is seen as an attack on their fundamental belief in freedom of speech, opinion, and debate.
Consequently, the act of words not said, as opposed to words said, drives ENTPs to anger. Therefore, because ENTPs are passionate about their interests, the silencing of opinions can quickly shift this debating passion into a blind rage at those that would seek to silence discussions!
In conclusion, although ENTPs are renowned for having nasty tempers, they are seldom considered irrational. When an ENTP is angry, there is usually a justifiable reason for their anger.
Are ENTPs Dominant?
Because ENTPs tend to be confident people that enjoy being the epicenter of passionate debate/discussions, they can appear at face value to be a dominant personality type. Although this is correct to a certain extent, we need to first unpack what “dominance” means and how it applies to ENTPs.
The image of “dominance” is either dominance in the positive sense, e.g., a strong leader who takes control of a situation, or dominance in a negative sense, e.g., a poor leader whose insecurities lead to authoritarian control of others.
ENTPs fall into neither category, as ENTPs are seldom interested in the practical actions of power and control and instead prefer rules and regulations within an academic space. Therefore, ENTPs enjoy facilitating a space whereby individuals can freely express themselves, which allows for a sense of liberty.
Consequently, ENTPs often fill a paradoxical role whereby they are dominant in upholding the rules, regulations, methodology, and spirit of free and open debate to facilitate a space where people are free to express themselves and are treated with dignity and respect for doing so.
However, creating this space also encourages open debate, meaning that individuals participating in ENTP spaces must accept questions, disagreements, and disproval of their thoughts and opinions!
In conclusion, ENTPs tend to enjoy liberal-minded opinions/discussions that do not allow for the silencing of others; meanwhile, they are happy to occupy a dominating role in upholding the mechanisms needed to facilitate these discussions.
How To Avoid And Cope With ENTP Anger?
Understanding why ENTPs are passionate about open debates and the mechanisms they want to employ to facilitate these debates is the first step in avoiding angering an ENTP.
Fortunately, this does not mean that people in an ENTP’s space need to stand on eggshells and blindly adhere to their authority; on the contrary, ENTPs want a free-flowing conversation that defines the rules of a debate/discussion, where after the codification of these rules must be honored.
However, once these rules have been defined subject to respecting the opinion of others, not silencing others, and allowing all people to have the floor without fear of prejudice, these rules must be adhered to.
The failure to adhere to predetermined rules and regulations, along with the deliberate silencing or unjustified dismissal of others, causes ENTPs to become angry.
Should you encounter ENTP anger, the best solution is to bring peace to the situation by encouraging people to reaffirm their commitment to the rules of engagement or facilitate a logical discussion to reinstate new and improved rules.
These issues must be addressed directly, as simply ignoring rules or dismissing the anger/frustration of an ENTP’s problem with non-committal to the rules of engagement will simply fuel their anger.
Conclusion
In conclusion, ENTPs are not naturally aggressive people but are instead driven to anger when defined artificial rules and regulations have been dismissed at the expense of others. Furthermore, outside of this dismissal of the mechanisms of debate, some ENTPs can appear angry when their verbose opinions during discussions are mostly that of passion.
