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The personality trait that makes you say sorry to a chair you bumped into.
means A personality trait marked by warmth, cooperativeness, and a tendency to avoid friction with others.
from Traces back to the Latin 'agreabilis,' built from 'ad-' (to) plus 'gratus' (pleasing, grateful) — the same root that gives us 'grace' and 'gratitude.' The word moved through Old French 'agreable' before settling into English in the 1300s–1400s meaning 'pleasing to the mind.' The abstract noun 'agreeableness' followed, and much later psychologists borrowed it wholesale as one of the 'Big Five' personality traits — turning an old compliment about pleasantness into a measurable scientific dimension.
- trade-off
- correlates with lower pay negotiation success
- opposite skill
- low agreeableness predicts leadership in some studies
- not kindness
- measures conflict avoidance, not actual generosity
- gender gap
- women score higher on average, partly culturally enforced