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Personality traits of Enneagram type 7: Ennea-type VII - Opportunistic Idealism

Enneatype VII

A psychiatrist named Claudio Naranjo evolved Oscar Ichazo's ego-types into the Enneagram personality types as we use them today. Naranjo largely based the types on Ichazo's passions.

Naranjo outlined the following trait structure for type 7 (Ennea-type VII) in his books Ennea-type Structures and Character and Neurosis.

  • Opportunistic Idealism - Gluttony, Fraudulence, and Narcissism

    • Gluttony
    • Hedonistic Permissiveness
    • Rebelliousness
    • Lack of Discipline
    • Imaginary Wish Fulfillment
    • Seductive Pleasingness
    • Narcissism
    • Persuasiveness
    • Fraudulence

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