dark triad
Three toxic traits
The dark triad is a cluster of three personality traits: narcissism (grandiose self-importance), Machiavellianism (manipulative cunning), and psychopathy (callous disregard for others).
Used in psychology to describe people who share these overlapping tendencies toward self-serving behavior without empathy: He scored high on all three dark triad measures.
Cruel emotional indifference
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
- antisocialAverse to socializing
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
cold-blooded · ruthless · heartless · amoral · unfeeling · pitiless · detached · fearless
Exaggerated sense of importance
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
egotism · superiority · self-absorption · exhibitionism · hubris · boastful · charisma · confidence
Underhanded control of others
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
deceitful · exploitative · conniving · underhanded · duplicitous · coercive · insidious · guileful
Characteristic mental patterns
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- subclinicalBelow symptom detection level
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
measurement · questionnaire · construct · behavior · interpersonal · aversive · maladaptive · spectrum
callousness
Cruel emotional indifference
- remorselessLacking guilt or pity
- antisocialAverse to socializing
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
unemotional · cold-blooded · ruthless · heartless · amoral · unfeeling · pitiless · detached · fearless · thrill-seeking
grandiosity
Exaggerated sense of importance
- entitlementAssumed right to benefits
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
arrogance · egotism · superiority · self-absorption · exhibitionism · hubris · boastful · charisma · confidence · bragging
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- strategicDeliberately planned for advantage
calculating · deceitful · exploitative · conniving · underhanded · duplicitous · coercive · insidious · guileful · disingenuous
personality
Characteristic mental patterns
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- subclinicalBelow symptom detection level
research · measurement · questionnaire · construct · behavior · interpersonal · aversive · maladaptive · spectrum · correlates
- manipulationgaslighting, guilt tripping, blame-shifting, brainwashing, guilt trip
- psychopathypsychopathy, sociopathy, lack of empathy, superficial charm, pathological lying
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- Personality Testspersonality test, Big Five, MMPI, MBTI, Myers-Briggs
- personality typespersonality type, extrovert, MBTI, introversion, pessimist
dark triadempathy
Sharing another's emotions
agreeableness · altruism · compassion · humility · emotional intelligence
dark triadsaint
Canonized holy person
empath · humanitarian · benefactor · Florence Nightingale · Mother Teresa
dark triadvirtue
Moral goodness or merit
moral excellence · integrity · righteousness · goodness · benevolence
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