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Recent Examples of neuroticism
The paper focused on the Big Five personality traits used in psychology:
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Emotional stability (neuroticism)
Openness
Here are the workouts that each personality type found the most exciting.
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
People who had high neuroticism scores were most likely to experience the highest levels of stress reduction through exercise.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Meanwhile, neuroticism was associated with worse heart rate recovery, lower enjoyment of sustained or observed workouts, and less consistent self-monitoring (e.g., skipping heart rate logging).
—New Atlas, 8 July 2025
Conscientiousness is one of the Big Five personality traits that predict academic success (alongside extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, and neuroticism).
—Jasmine Mote, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2025
People who had high neuroticism scores were most likely to experience the highest levels of stress reduction through exercise.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2025
Meanwhile, neuroticism was associated with worse heart rate recovery, lower enjoyment of sustained or observed workouts, and less consistent self-monitoring (e.g., skipping heart rate logging).
—New Atlas, 8 July 2025
Conscientiousness is one of the Big Five personality traits that predict academic success (alongside extraversion, agreeableness, openness to experience, and neuroticism).
—Jasmine Mote, Scientific American, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for neuroticism
Noun
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Kenan Thompson shows up for more weirdness.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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There should be a wide range of weirdness this weekend, too.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So when looking at the heart with a sonogram, a doctor can determine if the heart has the typical blockage that is associated with a heart attack or not, and if the abnormality will return to normal.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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Their first round of genetic testing found no abnormalities, which gave them hope that things would ultimately be okay.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His team in Chapel Hill had gathered for a ceremony to honor a colleague and nationally recognized addiction activist in North Carolina named Louise Vincent.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
8 Oct. 2025
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In 2021, Jackson told The Standard that the grief of losing her famous father kickstarted her addiction.—
Essence,
Essence,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dropping the criminal charges against Adams amounted to a political perversion of the justice system.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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Empsall’s small church offers classes on Christian resistance to fascism and how to reject White Christian nationalism as a perversion of Christianity.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The problem arose from the encounter between this antisemitic predisposition, the reckless actions of the government and the results on the ground.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Twitterverse was still taking shape at the time, so widespread snark and predisposition to derision was not yet pop culture’s default setting.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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More importantly, both people have to actually want to share the role, which is a trait that doesn’t always align with personalities drawn to being a CEO.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Neuroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuroticism. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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