"salient trait" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a trait or quality that stands out amongst others. For example, "Teamwork is an important salient trait of a successful leader."
Religious minorities tend to have high group cohesion because religion is a highly salient trait.
But Sáenz's most salient trait, historically speaking, was an ability to think quickly.
[ image: /photos/590954dd1c7a8e33fb38b3aa] The most salient trait of this past week is that the government, despite fears of the contrary, was up and running for all of it.
Such diversions are seldom offered by this cast, whose members tend to pick out one salient trait and ride it like a merry-go-round pony.
The most salient trait of this past week is that the government, despite fears of the contrary, was up and running for all of it.
By Samantha Henig April 14 , 2011[ image: /photos/590954dd1c7a8e33fb38b3aa] The most salient trait of this past week is that the government, despite fears of the contrary, was up and running for all of it.
Their most salient traits render Pialat's films not merely unlovable but almost odious — and that's their distinctive and inimitable virtue.
("So, Karol, you threaten us, eh?") The morally threadbare Russian ideologues who covet power have contempt for religion and secretly appreciate the perks of capitalism (their salient traits here) see a solution to this problem.
His character, a television writer named Adam, is described as "sooo tall" and "almost annoyingly happy," which pretty much captures Mr. Kutcher's salient traits.
Together, they convey the distinctive allure of an author who prided himself above all on his "finesses" and whose two salient traits — a severe reserve and a profound empathy — stemmed from an unusual ability, as Mann put it, to see "at least two sides to everything in life".
It poses a very different set of challenges to advance a business from concept to startup than to sustain or grow a going concern, but what are the salient traits or behaviors that spell success, and how might they be codified and measured?
