Agreeableness Personality Trait Aligned And Affirmed
Posted on01 May 2017
Tagsagreeableness, Big Five Personality Traits Series, big five personality traits, sycophant, disagreeable, uniqueness, individual, innovation, harmony, George Orwell, diversity, dissent, cooperation, China
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The agreeableness personality trait of the Big Five is almost exclusively defined in sociable terms. Few, if any, sources, discuss it in... Read More
Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tags1984, A Few Good Men, cognitive dissonance, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, labels, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
Standardization: A Form of Thought Control
Posted on13 Dec 2010
Tagscommunication, Vanilla Word Analogy, words, vocabulary, Thoughts, synonym, standardization, problem solving, George Orwell, expression, 1984, Vanilla Words-Thinking Series
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Expressing our thoughts is challenging especially when we don’t know the words to do so. Therefore, restricting our vocabulary will tend to... Read More
