neuroticism

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Recent Examples of neuroticism 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 Interestingly, participants consistently struggled with identifying openness and neuroticism—two traits that were actually misidentified more often than not. Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for neuroticism
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Noun
  • Zahn is a master at non-verbal incredulity, and Coach Hudson’s perplexed patience in the face of Chad’s weirdness is never not entertaining.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Mia goes on a trip to investigate, digging up the place's bloody history and some supernatural weirdness along the way.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, the condition is a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the skeletal muscles, including weakness and stiffness, abnormal bone development and joints that become fixed in bent or extended positions.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But that abnormality was nothing compared to what the Minnesota Vikings (2-2) are currently experiencing.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Twice a week, Manheim provides vital insights and comic relief from guests recounting their darkest addiction moments.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The pair’s fight is fueled by the mundane (a busted dinner party) and the profound (Mark’s addiction, Dawn’s codependence, the constant pressure of professional fighting).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Dropping the criminal charges against Adams amounted to a political perversion of the justice system.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • These can include a lack of proper socialization as puppies, past traumatic experiences, pain or illness, or even genetic predisposition.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Next, because the call for participants mentioned a lab test element and an exercise program, some personality traits were less likely to volunteer.
    Alyssa Ages, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Kizzi is an intractable flirt, a trait that is very popular with the boys, and, from the looks of the preview at the end of the episode, also with the girls.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Neuroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neuroticism. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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