Description
Competitive-hierarchical disposition
Default mode is suspecting others and securing personal advantage.
Power, strength, and dominance ordering as core values.
Strategic caution and self-interest as the default orientation toward others.
Rivalry and antagonism as the natural relational end.
General meaning
Adversariality
Informational Level
Perception of the world as scarce and predatory
Information as leverage
Social Level
Power concentration
Boundary-drawing between allies and outsiders
Psychological level
Need to dominate the weak or submit to the dominant
Negative emotional baseline, burdened past and threatening future
Biological Level
Imposing, provoking, destabilizing
Thriving on nervous system tension
Spectrum Clusters
The characteristic factors
# ID | Cluster Description |
|---|---|
1 | Selfishness and disregard for others |
2 | Malevolence, cynicism, and vindictiveness |
3 | Preference for risk, competition, and high-stakes environments |
4 | Willingness to endure unpleasant or painful sensations |
5 | Cunning, intrigue, and machiavellianism |
6 | Nationalism, xenophobia, and parochialism |
7 | Aloofness, aversion to physical affection, and low attachment |
8 | Emotional immunity and indifference to others' feelings |
9 | Distrustfulness and suspicion |
10 | Low suggestibility and resistance to influence |
11 | Preference for black; dislike of yellow |
12 | Preference for spicy food |
13 | Focus on big picture; ignoring small details |
14 | Disinterest in or aversion to nature and greenery |
Selfishness and disregard for others
Malevolence, cynicism, and vindictiveness
Preference for risk, competition, and high-stakes environments
Willingness to endure unpleasant or painful sensations
Cunning, intrigue, and machiavellianism
Nationalism, xenophobia, and parochialism
Aloofness, aversion to physical affection, and low attachment
Emotional immunity and indifference to others' feelings
Distrustfulness and suspicion
Low suggestibility and resistance to influence
Preference for black; dislike of yellow
Preference for spicy food
Focus on big picture; ignoring small details
Disinterest in or aversion to nature and greenery