personality trait

“College kids today are about 40 percent lower in empathy than their counterparts of 20 or 30 years ago, as measured by standard tests of this personality trait.”

It becomes “a personality trait, something that’s pretty sticky,” said Dr. Ellen Lee, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.

But it's a real mental disorder that is more than just an insufferable personality trait — and in some cases narcissism may even have some benefits.

Stepping up on the biggest occasions is a personality trait that seeps through the veins of this England team in the Six Nations.

And Bobby, whose sole personality trait appears to be “good guy,” carries more than his share of both — he hears the fateful siren call “one last show” and lugs emotional baggage related to his “old man.”