neuroticism
noun
neu·rot·i·cism
nu̇-ˈrä-tə-ˌsi-zəm 
nyu̇-
: a neurotic character, condition, or trait
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Personality Types and Zodiac Signs The BTI measures five main personality factors — extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
One study followed couples, who had been together for an average of nearly four decades, over the course of eight years; partners matched each other’s baselines in traits such as openness, agreeableness, and neuroticism, and their fluctuations in those traits were synchronized too.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2024
Conversely, high levels of neuroticism, characterized by emotional instability and anxiety, are common among doomscrollers.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
People with traits like neuroticism and negative affect may be more likely to have a higher risk of dementia.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Dec. 2023
In the sitcom Seinfeld, George Costanza's character serves as a stand-in for show creator Larry David, possessing the best and worst of David's neuroticisms, anxieties, and questionable belief systems.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Conversely, high scores on negative traits like neuroticism and negative affect, along with low scores on positive traits (conscientiousness, extraversion, positive affect), were associated with a higher risk of dementia diagnosis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Dec. 2023
Personality tools like the Big Five Inventory, a self-report scale used to measure the big five personality traits–openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism–can be used during the hiring process or in performance evaluations.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The research delves into how our faces can be a roadmap to understanding traits like extroversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
One study followed couples, who had been together for an average of nearly four decades, over the course of eight years; partners matched each other’s baselines in traits such as openness, agreeableness, and neuroticism, and their fluctuations in those traits were synchronized too.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2024
Conversely, high levels of neuroticism, characterized by emotional instability and anxiety, are common among doomscrollers.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024
People with traits like neuroticism and negative affect may be more likely to have a higher risk of dementia.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Dec. 2023
In the sitcom Seinfeld, George Costanza's character serves as a stand-in for show creator Larry David, possessing the best and worst of David's neuroticisms, anxieties, and questionable belief systems.
—EW.com, 9 Nov. 2023
Conversely, high scores on negative traits like neuroticism and negative affect, along with low scores on positive traits (conscientiousness, extraversion, positive affect), were associated with a higher risk of dementia diagnosis.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 6 Dec. 2023
Personality tools like the Big Five Inventory, a self-report scale used to measure the big five personality traits–openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism–can be used during the hiring process or in performance evaluations.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
The research delves into how our faces can be a roadmap to understanding traits like extroversion, neuroticism, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
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neuroticism
noun
neu·rot·i·cism
n(y)u̇-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm
: a neurotic character, condition, or trait
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