The phrase "a persistent trait" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a characteristic or quality that consistently appears in a person or thing over time.
Example: "Her kindness is a persistent trait that endears her to everyone she meets."
Alternatives: "an enduring characteristic" or "a constant quality".
Many American officers, year in and year out, describe a persistent trait visible to anyone who visits almost any line unit for an extended time.
Within hours, though, he seemed to retract that statement, too.The confusion highlights a persistent trait: neither ally nor enemy quite believes his words.
A persistent trait of contemporary Latin American fiction has been the presence in it of a curious strain of fantasy: thus in a story by Julio Cortázar a young man coolly vomits up little rabbits.
We aimed to determine whether HPA-axis (hyper)activity in recurrent MDD is: (I) reflecting a persistent trait; (II) influenced by depressive state; (III) associated with stress or previous episodes; (IV) associated with recurrence; and (V) influenced by cognitive therapy.
Insomnia thus may represent in many a persistent trait that can be ameliorated somewhat by treatment.
It has been suggested that sleep abnormalities would represent a persistent trait or vulnerability marker, rather than being a state dependent feature of depression in adolescents [ 19, 20].
A more persistent trait of Mr. Bush's responses was his tendency to talk about foreign policy in the most general, well-worn terms.
THE triangle is testament to a persistent American trait: forgetfulness.
Throughout Railtrack's existence, the management showed persistent traits - a contempt for engineering wisdom, and a steady refusal to confront the true decrepitude of the railway that they were running into the ground.
This is however mainly a problem for cross-sectional screening for ADHD, since in clinical practice the diagnosis is based on eliciting a history of ADHD symptoms that start in childhood or early adolescence and are persistent (trait-like) and impairing over time and can therefore be differentiated from adult onset disorders.
Oddly that is one of its most persistent traits.
