as in sweetness
the state or quality of having a pleasant or agreeable manner in socializing with others
the impression that the couple give to first-time visitors is one of well-bred agreeableness
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Recent Examples of agreeableness
Over-apologizing often stems from social conditioning around agreeableness, humility and conflict avoidance — traits women are still rewarded for socially, even when they’re penalized professionally.
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Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
The experiment consisted of examining human traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, empathy, etc.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Sycophancy is largely the result of a machine learning technique called reinforcement learning from human feedback, an incentive structure that encourages excessive agreeableness in models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
This dynamic creates a feedback loop in which users reward agreeableness with engagement, and AI companies are incentivized to optimize a model to exploit agreeableness.
—Tamilla Triantoro, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
As millions of people turn to AI for companionship and guidance, that agreeableness may pose a subtle but serious threat.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
These dimensions, called the Big Five personality traits, include things like extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 13 Mar. 2026
Past versions of the Model Spec banned excessive agreeableness, yet models continued mirroring users in harmful ways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Kelly Ehlers, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2026
The experiment consisted of examining human traits such as extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, empathy, etc.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Sycophancy is largely the result of a machine learning technique called reinforcement learning from human feedback, an incentive structure that encourages excessive agreeableness in models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
This dynamic creates a feedback loop in which users reward agreeableness with engagement, and AI companies are incentivized to optimize a model to exploit agreeableness.
—Tamilla Triantoro, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
As millions of people turn to AI for companionship and guidance, that agreeableness may pose a subtle but serious threat.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
These dimensions, called the Big Five personality traits, include things like extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism.
—Jamie Friedlander Serrano, Time, 13 Mar. 2026
Past versions of the Model Spec banned excessive agreeableness, yet models continued mirroring users in harmful ways.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreeableness
sweetness
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Distilled spirits, such as brandy, are added to these wines to raise the alcohol content as well as the sweetness.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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The sweetness of the Deborah-Ava relationship eventually became a nice blanket in which Hacks swaddled its viewers, its cozy intent pervading not just the narrative but just about every other aspect of the show.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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