Antagonism
Competitive disposition
Others are seen as rivals, opponents, or threats.
Social reality defaults to hostility and calculated distrust.
Offense is met with delayed, deliberate retaliation.
Personal advantage comes first.
General meaning
Enmity
Biological Level
Nervous system tension
Cognitive Level
World perceived as predatory
Psychological level
Schadenfreude, vindictiveness
Social Level
Power concentration, outgroup exclusion
Clusters
Agree
- I always take revenge for offenses, though much later and without rage.
- If I decide to get even, I will calculate everything precisely.
Disagree
- Most people are kind and honest by nature.
- I almost always like it when two sides of an argument conclude that both have a point.
Agree
- The strong beating the weak is simply how life works.
- Getting something out of someone by force pleases me.
Disagree
- I am peaceful by nature and do not entertain thoughts of violence.
- I would rather reach an agreement than lean on someone.
Agree
- I keep offenses in mind for a long time and settle them coolly.
Disagree
- I forgive people almost anything.
Agree
- A high level of bad feeling is normal for me.
Disagree
- Life feels full and glad to me.
- A light, joyful mood runs through most of my days.
Agree
- I take a long time testing people's loyalty.
- I am always ready to be betrayed.
Disagree
- I expect things to turn out better than they look.
Agree
- Sometimes, out of boredom, I like throwing people off balance.
- I can be crafty.
Disagree
- I count loyalty and devotion among my key virtues.
- My trouble is that I cannot be insincere at all.
Agree
- Deep down, every person is out for themselves.
Disagree
- I enjoy helping and keep gratitude for good deeds a long time.
Agree
- Weakness in people repels me.
- I respect only people who can resist me.
Disagree
- If I found a wallet with money and someone's documents, I would try to find the owner.
- The highest should be the servant of everyone else.
Agree
- Another person's fear can give me some satisfaction.
Disagree
- Avoiding pain is usually more important to me than feeling pleasure.
- I often avoid things because I am afraid of spoiling my mood.
Agree
- I sometimes offend people just to see them flare up.
Disagree
- Reasons to agree occur to me before reasons to object.
Agree
- Bloody stories of cruelty hold my attention.
Disagree
- Violence on screen repels me.
Agree
- I am usually prepared for any surprise or betrayal from others.
- I never rely on those I cannot firmly control.
Disagree
- I am very trusting in my dealings with people.
- I treat most people around me with warmth and goodwill.
Agree
- I often dreamed of the very highest rungs of my future career.
- I am drawn to situations of nerve-tingling risk.
Disagree
- I dislike the atmosphere of tense competitive work.
- Above all I value coziness and calm.
Agree
- Without a ladder of power, society would fall apart.
Disagree
- A classless society of equals is the right ideal.
Agree
- Setting traps for people is good fun.
Disagree
- Before deciding, I ask whether it will hurt anyone.
Agree
- Slogans of internationalism are always either a trick or plain foolishness.
Disagree
- I believe in the brotherhood of people of different nations.
- I am completely indifferent to where a person comes from or what nation they belong to.
Agree
- My words for this foolish world are often bitter.
Disagree
- Children's books and riddles still delight me.
Agree
- I can calmly bear other people's tears.
- There is some bile in my character.
Disagree
- Most people I know are easy for me to like.
- I can show, and often do show, caring attention to others' comfort.
Agree
- I enjoy making fun of certain people.
Disagree
- Other people's laughter nearly always catches me.
Agree
- I dislike having my back or the back of my neck touched.
Disagree
- I have or would very much like to have at least three children.
- I love all kinds of hugs, tenderness and stroking.
Agree
- Status and prestige count for a lot with me.
Disagree
- Money does little to motivate me.
Disagree
- I adore children, sometimes to the point of spoiling them.
Agree
- Deep black is the color closest to me.
Disagree
- My favorite color, the one closest to my soul, is bright yellow.
Disagree
- I like growing plants and I love quiet time with nature.
- My favorite color, the one closest to my soul, is green.
Agree
- I always believe I am right.
- I am a person of hard judgments.
Disagree
- Some of my friends are smarter than I am.
- When I see a hand laid on someone's shoulder, I feel as if it were on mine.
Agree
- I tend to see things in black and white.
- I pronounce rather than discuss.
Disagree
- I weigh things for a long time before deciding.
Agree
- I do not admit my errors in public.
Disagree
- Shame and guilt come to me easily.
Agree
- Only big money can interest me.
- I would rather lead large teams than small ones.
Disagree
- I am often distracted by little details I pick up while working.
- In the course of any task I notice many small details.
Agree
- I love spicy food, like pickles, marinades and peppery soups.
Disagree
- I prefer food that is not spicy, ideally with no pepper at all.
Disagree
- Foraging, wandering and small adventures in nature appeal to me.