big five
Five major ones
The big five refers to any canonical grouping of five prominent items in a field.
In African safari contexts, it means the five most sought-after game animals: lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo.
In psychology, it denotes the five major personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
The phrase adapts to other domains—the big five tech companies, the big five accounting firms.
We spotted four of the big five on our Kenya trip. (Capitalized Big Five appears in formal or branded contexts.)
Orientation toward outer world
- agreeablenessPleasant, cooperative nature
- conscientiousnessCareful attention to duty
- neuroticismProneness to negative emotions
- opennessQuality of being accessible
individual differences · temperament · disposition · character · cross-cultural · normative · facets
Maned African feline
- leopardSpotted African wild cat
- elephantTusked gray giant
- rhinocerosLarge horned African mammal
- African wildlifeAnimals native to that continent
savanna · game drive · conservation · poaching · endangered species · wildlife photography · bush · tracker
Measuring individual character traits
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
extraversion
Orientation toward outer world
- agreeablenessPleasant, cooperative nature
- conscientiousnessCareful attention to duty
- neuroticismProneness to negative emotions
openness · individual differences · temperament · disposition · character · cross-cultural · normative · facets
lion
Maned African feline
- leopardSpotted African wild cat
- elephantTusked gray giant
- rhinocerosLarge horned African mammal
African wildlife · savanna · game drive · conservation · poaching · endangered species · wildlife photography · bush · tracker · ranger
personality assessment
Measuring individual character traits
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- scaleMeasure of relative size
reliability · validity · standardization · norms · psychological testing
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- African savannaacacia, acacia tree, baobab, baobab tree, cheetah
- African tourismsafaris, eco-tourism, wildlife tours, Serengeti, Victoria Falls
- Kenya faunalion, elephant, giraffe, zebra, cheetah
- safarisafari, safari park, game reserve, game reserves, safari lodge
- Kenya Safarisafari, safaris, safari tours, game drive, game drives
big fivelittle guys
Powerless ordinary people
small fry · nobodies · bottom-tier · bit players · second-tier
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