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venturesomeness

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ven·ture·some  (vnchr-sm)
adj.
1. Disposed to venture or to take risks; daring. See Synonyms at adventurous.
2. Involving risk or danger; hazardous.
venture·some·ly adv.
venture·some·ness n.
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Noun1.venturesomeness - the trait of being adventurousventuresomeness - the trait of being adventurous      
adventurousness
boldness, hardihood, hardiness, daring - the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger; "the proposal required great boldness"; "the plan required great hardiness of heart"
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Age norms for impulsiveness, venturesomeness and empathy in children.
Reasons why adolescents and young adults have sex: associations with ... by Dawson, Laura H.; Shih, Mei-Chiung; Moor, Carl de; Shrier, Lydia / The Journal of Sex Research
Promoters, by contrast, are "those who are especially eager to profit from adjusting production to the expected changes in conditions, those who have more initiative, more venturesomeness, and a quicker eye than the crowd, the pushing and promoting pioneers of economic improvement" (254-55).
Entrepreneurship by Montanye, James A. / Independent Review
Participants first completed the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI I-7 Form; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1978), which has three dimensions labeled impulsivity (24 items), venturesomeness (17 items), and empathy (20 items).
The stoplight task: a procedure for assessing risk taking in humans by Reilly, Mark P.; Greenwald, Mark K.; Johanson, Chris-Ellyn / The Psychological Record
 
 
 
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