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# 6in progress2 Sept 2026

The Dark Tetrad

Four traits, or one.

The tetrad appears as one thing more than it is four, and what the four share is a single socionics dichotomy.

Take that share out and three of them still have a row of their own. Sadism does not.

Machiavellianism is the near-mirror of HEXACO's Honesty-Humility in Study 2 - at -.81.

MachiavellianismNarcissismPsychopathySadism

What each trait marks

Two peak on the same row and two have it second. The temperaments share a row too, but at opposite poles - here all four sit on the same one.

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What each trait marks - each column of Dark Tetrad against the 15 socionics dichotomies
MachiavellianismNarcissismPsychopathySadism
Extraverted·Introverted+0.13+0.55+0.39+0.16
Intuitive·Sensory−0.04−0.20−0.09−0.11
Logical·Ethical+0.08+0.15+0.37+0.16
Irrational·Rational+0.19−0.01+0.59+0.10
Peripheral·Central−0.68−0.41−0.53−0.62
Ascending·Descending−0.23+0.18+0.11+0.19
Static·Dynamic−0.25+0.10−0.05−0.03
Questim·Declatim−0.09+0.20+0.10+0.09
Democratic·Aristocratic−0.20−0.03−0.02−0.19
Positivist·Negativist−0.05−0.01+0.07−0.11
Process·Result+0.18+0.04−0.05+0.18
Constructivist·Emotivist−0.33−0.18−0.11+0.03
Yielding·Obstinate−0.32−0.26−0.22−0.20
Tactical·Strategic−0.11−0.09−0.09+0.04
Carefree·Farsighted−0.05−0.02+0.06−0.07

Pearson cross-correlations.

How much is one thing

55% of the four is one shared thing pulling on each about equally.

The four Dark Tetrad traits against each other, and the share of each the other three do not account for
against each otherits own
MachNarcPsychSadkept
Machiavellianism·70%
Narcissism+0.31·82%
Psychopathy+0.49+0.39·63%
Sadism+0.43+0.29+0.49·71%

Kept is how much of a trait the other three do not cover.

The core, and what each keeps of its own

The core has no row of its own - it lands where all four already read, and harder.

The core, and what each keeps of its own - each column of The dark core against the 15 socionics dichotomies
sharedspecific to each
D, what the four hold in commonMachiavellianism, net of the other threeNarcissism, net of the other threePsychopathy, net of the other threeSadism, net of the other three
Extraverted·Introverted+0.42−0.12+0.46+0.24−0.06
Intuitive·Sensory−0.15+0.05−0.18−0.00−0.06
Logical·Ethical+0.26−0.11+0.02+0.34+0.00
Irrational·Rational+0.29−0.03−0.23+0.65−0.18
Peripheral·Central−0.75−0.37−0.13−0.07−0.29
Ascending·Descending+0.09−0.40+0.18+0.10+0.24
Static·Dynamic−0.08−0.29+0.17+0.02+0.05
Questim·Declatim+0.10−0.20+0.19+0.07+0.08
Democratic·Aristocratic−0.15−0.18+0.02+0.13−0.16
Positivist·Negativist−0.04−0.05−0.01+0.15−0.15
Process·Result+0.12+0.17+0.01−0.21+0.18
Constructivist·Emotivist−0.20−0.33−0.12+0.02+0.19
Yielding·Obstinate−0.34−0.21−0.15−0.01−0.03
Tactical·Strategic−0.08−0.09−0.06−0.07+0.13
Carefree·Farsighted−0.03−0.07−0.03+0.13−0.09

Pearson cross-correlations.

Where each type lands

The four rank the types almost identically: one type bottom of all four, two trading the top.

Where each type lands - the 16 socionics types against each column of Dark Tetrad
MachiavellianismNarcissismPsychopathySadism
ILESeeker−0.31+0.09+0.28−0.07
SEIIdyllist−0.22−0.41−0.29−0.29
ESEConvivant−0.30+0.09−0.29−0.19
LIIAnalyst−0.36−0.22−0.34−0.24
EIEDramatist+0.21+0.32+0.03+0.28
LSIInspector+0.20+0.11+0.04+0.27
SLEMarshal+0.23+0.44+0.63+0.40
IEIMystic+0.15−0.22+0.04+0.08
SEEPolitician+0.44+0.52+0.48+0.27
ILISkeptic+0.31−0.21+0.24+0.19
LIEEntrepreneur+0.31+0.28+0.27+0.09
ESIGuardian−0.12−0.17−0.41−0.02
LSEAdministrator−0.04+0.25−0.05−0.01
EIIHumanist−0.38−0.58−0.77−0.43
IEERaconteur−0.03−0.03+0.01−0.23
SLIArtisan−0.10−0.24+0.11−0.14

Functions

All four peak on the same function and diverge on an ethical one, where a single trait reads hardest.

The 12 socionics elements against each column of Dark Tetrad
MachiavellianismNarcissismPsychopathySadism
NiTemporal Intuition+0.43−0.06+0.33+0.28
NePossibilities Intuition−0.34−0.22−0.09−0.35
SiComfort Sensing−0.35−0.28−0.19−0.32
SePower Sensing+0.47+0.52+0.62+0.49
TiStructural Logic−0.15+0.05+0.04+0.13
TeBusiness Logic+0.17+0.21+0.19+0.08
FiRelational Ethics−0.11−0.34−0.66−0.29
FeEmotive Ethics−0.14+0.09−0.32−0.04
QiIndividual Autonomy−0.27−0.13−0.14−0.12
QeAversive Exclusivity+0.17+0.44+0.30+0.27
DiCollective Heteronomy+0.05−0.35−0.24−0.04
DeSocial Plasticity+0.07+0.10+0.13−0.08