"Dark" Personalities Are More Likely to Signal Victimhood

 

【本日の政治用語】virtue signaling 自分が政治的に良い人間であると宣伝すること。

この構造は　O Ving つまり、virtue 人徳、は、signal 発信する、の目的語。同様に VOの構造は、

speak English 英語を話す
English speaking　英語をはなすこと
English speaker　英語話者

と変形される。

— buvery (@buvery) September 2, 2020

 an attempt to show other people that you are a good person, for example by expressing opinions that will be acceptable to them, especially on social media:

 へええ。

virtue signaling　をニュース検索すると・・・

"Dark" Personalities Are More Likely to Signal Victimhood

Research suggests a link between dark triad traits and victim signaling.

Posted Aug 27, 2020

これはおもしろそうな記事だね

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出典: フリー百科事典

Victim signalers were more likely to cheat in this game. The researchers again found that these results held after controlling for ethnicity, gender, income, and other factors.

Regardless of personal characteristics, those who scored higher on dark triad traits were more likely to be victim signalers. And may be more likely to deceive others for material gain.

The researchers then ran a study testing whether people who score highly on victim signaling were more likely to exaggerate reports of mistreatment from a colleague to gain an advantage over them.・・・・

Victim signalers were more likely to exaggerate the negative qualities of their competitor.

・・・・どっか、こんなような国民性の国がなかったっけ？