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The dark triad is a psychological construct of personality traits, first introduced by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, that describes the relationship between three notably aversive but non-pathological personality traits: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy. These personality traits are called dark…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark triad | is a | psychological construct of personality traits | 0.90 | text |
| Dark triad | is a | single construct | 0.90 | text |
| a lack of empathy | instance of | All three traits share characteristics | 0.80 | text |
| interpersonal hostility | instance of | All three traits share characteristics | 0.80 | text |
| and interpersonal offensiveness.A number of measures have been developed to measure all three dark triad traits simultaneously | instance of | All three traits share characteristics | 0.80 | text |
| such as the Dirty Dozen | instance of | All three traits share characteristics | 0.80 | text |
| the Short Dark Triad | instance of | All three traits share characteristics | 0.80 | text |
| aggression | instance of | including the Dark Triad traits and others | 0.80 | text |
| cheating | instance of | including the Dark Triad traits and others | 0.80 | text |
| Machiavellians | instance of | and duplicitous people | 0.80 | text |
| psychopaths | instance of | and duplicitous people | 0.80 | text |
| Dark triad | related to Atlas of Personality, Emotion and Behaviour | The Atlas | 0.60 | section |
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