type A personality

Cultural  

1. A temperament marked by excessive competitiveness and ambition, an obsession with accomplishing tasks quickly, little time for self-reflection, and a strong need to control situations.

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Example Sentences

Death is not suited to the Type A personality.

From Salon

“Courteney will be the first person to tell you she’s a Type A personality,” says her “Scream” co-star Neve Campbell.

From Los Angeles Times

That's an amazing quality and very unique for a Type A personality, which she is.

From Salon

She’s very alpha, very Type A personality and likes to—

From Slate

While her parents had been shy and quiet, she was “a bossy little girl with a vivid imagination” and a Type A personality, she wrote.

From Washington Post