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by ackfoobar 1846 days ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3149680/

Male: 2.68 SD: 0.65

Female: 2.94 SD:0.67

d: 0.39

Non-native English user here, it seems the word "neurotic" has some connotation that the trait "neuroticism" doesn't? And that's why it's received so poorly?
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sanity31415 1846 days ago
"Neurotic" does have a negative connotation in common usage, but it's also the term used by personality psychologists, it's the 'N' in the OCEAN personality model. It means "risk averse".
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ackfoobar 1845 days ago
"Educate yourself" is often thrown by the left in heated conversations.

But when a academic term (that is closely related to a negative word) is used, some on the same side refuse to understand and get butthurt instead.

E.g.: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23122068

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