Personality

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person. synonym: disposition.
  • noun. The totality of behavioral traits that are peculiar to a specific nonhuman animal.
  • noun. The totality of qualities that distinguish a group, organization, or place.
  • noun. The collection of distinctive qualities of a person, especially those distinguishing personal characteristics that make one socially appealing.
  • noun. The quality or condition of being a person.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person as the embodiment of distinctive traits of mind and behavior.
  • noun. A person of prominence or notoriety.
  • noun. The distinctive characteristics of a place or situation.
  • noun. An offensive or disparaging personal remark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. in abnormal psychology, a group of experiences, split off or dissociated from the normal or primary personality of an individual, which become systematized and organized, and thus constitute a second, third, etc., independent (though imperfect) personality, appearing in alternation with the normal. The phenomena are sometimes termed those of double (triple, etc.) consciousness, or of double (triple, multiple) personality.
  • noun. The essential character of a person as distinguished from a thing; self-consciousness; existence as a self-conscious being; also, personal qualities or endowments considered collectively; a person. As a philosophical term personality commonly implies personal identity. See personal.
  • noun. A personal characteristic or trait.
  • noun. Limitation to particular persons or classes.
  • noun. Direct applicability or application, as of a remark, an allusion, etc., to a person or individual: as, the personality of a remark.
  • noun. An invidious or dreogatory remark made to or about a person, or his character, conduct, appearance, etc.: as, to indulge in personalities.
  • noun. In law, personal estate. In this sense usually personalty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. That which constitutes distinction of person; the externally evident aspects of the character or behavior of a person; individuality.
  • noun. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
  • noun. That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
  • noun. A person who is famous or notable; a celebrity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.
  • noun. An assumed role or manner of behavior.
  • noun. A celebrity.
  • noun. Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
  • noun. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
  • noun. That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
  • noun. a person of considerable prominence
  • Word Usage
    "If instead of the soul's desire being simply the victory of love over malice it were, so to speak, the "material fruit" of such a victory -- namely, the survival of personality after death -- then, in place of the struggle between love and malice, we should be compelled to regard _personality in itself_, apart from the nature of that personality, as the secret of the universe."
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