type A personality

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.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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“I’m a Type A personality clear off the chart: I want to be in control of my destiny, not be on a contract to produce for Pilgrim’s. We’ve chosen to go our own way and take our own risks.”

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