surgency
- noun
- /ˈsɜrdʒənsi/
- Specialized
:
surgencia
- Her surgency made the party lively as she danced and engaged everyone around her.
- Surgency factor
Examples
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The dimensions comprising the Surgency factor are approach, high-intensity pleasure, smiling and laughter, activity level, impulsivity, and shyness (negative loading).
Academic text (1998) -
The instrument assesses temperament using 15 dimensions which converge into 3 factors: Surgency/Extraversion, Negative Affectivity/Neuroticism, and Effortful Control/Constraint.
Academic text (1998) -
And I'm, you know, I'm hoping it captivates others because we all could use a little uplift, some surgency in our life.
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The Surgency factor contains dimensions most similar in content to Thomas and Chess's approach-withdrawal dimension and Kagan's descriptions of inhibited and uninhibited children.
Academic text (1998) -
With his natural surgency, he quickly became the center of attention at any gathering.
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The team's success was fueled by their collective surgency, which encouraged collaboration and creativity.
Synonyms
1
3.4
A person who is lively, energetic, and enthusiastic
1
4.4
A happy, lively mood that makes people smile
1
7.1
Noisy, lively behavior that shows little control
A lively, cheerful energy that people cannot hold back
Antonyms
How Outgoing
- Specialized
1
6.4
- Specialized
1
7.4
2
3.6
10
7.8
21
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Surgency comes from the Latin verb surgere, which means 'to rise', and it shares the same root as the common word surge. A helpful image is rising energy or someone who rises into action, so surgency describes a lively, active personality that pushes forward and draws attention.