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Meaning of surgency | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A trait aspect of emotional reactivity in which a person tends towards high levels of positive affect.

uncountable

Examples

“The Big Five Model of Personality categorizes traits into the dimensions of surgency, agreeableness, adjustment, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.”

“Contextual or collective surgency is likely to enhance personal well-being, curiosity, and value for friendship, as well as creativity. In the first place, personal surgency has fostered creativity (Feist 2010; M. Wang et al. 2017).”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

surgeon surgeon general surgeon major surgeon-dentist surgeon's knot surgeoncy