Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surgency

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-gen-cy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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)."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does surgency mean?: A trait aspect of emotional reactivity in which a person tends towards high levels of positive affect.

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