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a consciously experienced need that may relate to a sense of deprivation or a discrepancy with an affective ideal.

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agreeableness

agreeableness

n. the tendency to act in a cooperative, unselfish manner, construed as one end of a dimension of individual differences (agreeableness vs. disagreeableness) in the Big Five personality model. It is also a dimension in the five-factor personality model. —agreeable adj.