The phrase "are the traits of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing characteristics or qualities associated with a particular subject or entity.
Example: "The traits of a good leader include empathy, integrity, and resilience."
Alternatives: "characteristics of" or "qualities of".
What are the traits of a typical astronaut?
These are the traits of great people throughout history who have brought positive change to our world.
3. 'I don't know enough yet' Not being good enough, smart enough, qualified enough are the traits of 'The Little Girl'.
Scholarly and well documented, they are also expressions of an individual point of view, partisan in the best sense, with the felicity and sly wit that are the traits of the born-and-bred local historian.
But as John Steinbeck wrote in Cannery Row, in our system as it really exists, "those traits we detest – sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest – are the traits of success".
However, there is insufficient literature to draw conclusions about which specific facets of impulsivity are the traits of individuals who go on to develop BD, rather than a consequence of the illness.
They were the traits of the man who had remade the company in his own image".
Whatever one thinks about these priorities, no one can deny they're the traits of a government that needs opposition from a party that disagrees with them, on behalf of an electorate that will become increasingly disenchanted.
"That's the trait of a concentrated fund -- it can lose ground rapidly and make it up quite quickly".
"Even when people say, 'You have to quit,' he never gives up — and that is the trait of a champion.
Mercy is the trait of those who realize their own weakness enough to be kind to those who are struggling with theirs.
