agreeableness.

1. A tendency to be considerate, cooperative and responsive to others in interpersonal dealings.

2. The quality of being pleasant or acceptable to experience.

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Words that belong together

• trait agreeableness
• interpersonal agreeableness

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Her agreeableness encouraged discussion but did not prevent a firm objection.

The measure of agreeableness concerned interpersonal tendencies rather than agreement with every proposal.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation, interpersonal behavior, self-evaluation. Disciplines: psychology, human behavior, character writing. Commonness: moderately common.