Personality

Word PERSONALITY
Character 11
Hyphenation per son al i ty
Pronunciations /-i/

Definitions and meanings of "Personality"

What do we mean by personality?

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

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. 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. 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

A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.

An assumed role or manner of behavior.

A celebrity.

Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.

Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.

That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

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The word "personality" in example sentences

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. ❋ John Cowper Powys (1917)

According to the revelation of man's complex vision this hyper-physical, hyper-psychic "something," which is the concrete centre of will and consciousness and energy, is also the invisible core or base of what we term personality, and, without its real existence, personality can have no permanence. ❋ John Cowper Powys (1917)

This does not rob the term personality of its meaning, for each personality does, in some way, after all, exist for itself. ❋ Unknown (1913)

If the term personality, as applied to God, means infinite personality, then God is infinite _Person_, - in the sense of infinite personality, but ❋ Mary Baker Eddy (1865)

All human beings have wants and desires and to ignore this aspect of their personality is a good way to create a mere viewpoint character, to tour a world. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2009)

Writing about a slice of your life that seems small but represents your personality is a good way to get noticed, says Karen Crowley, vice president of educational counseling at College Coach and a former senior admissions counselor at University of Pennsylvania. ❋ Krystle M. Davis (2010)

Brown has had problem after problem whilst being in office and his personality is attacked from all sides of the debate. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And I think the biggest part of their personality is the fact that they are fun-loving and I think people are kind of drawn to that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's really a fact that Barak Hussein Obama will never win this election, his personality is a big question. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The most typical feature of his personality is the antipathic, softly sorrow tone that can be felt even when he describes real things or common themes of the time, for example abandoned gardens, old parks or fountains, places which he approaches via memory or dreams. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I like him because his personality is my opposite, so I guess I like him because I see him as a compliment. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The sweetness of his personality is all the more remarkable. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Your personality is the strongest of all signs, making you hard to deal with. ❋ Fantasyecho (2006)

Just his makeup and his personality is a bargain in itself, Rangers manager Buck ❋ Unknown (2004)

They have what we call personality disorders, and that causes them to turn to inappropriate sources for attention. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The flesh and brain and what you call a personality, distilled down into these compact shapes. ❋ Unknown (1966)

What you call your personality is the outcome of your memory and all your other faculties and tendencies working together, checking and balancing each other. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Above all, we can learn from Greek philosophy the paramount importance of what we call the personality and they called the soul. ❋ Various (N/A)

If he had to develop an unaccountable craving for some particular woman, why couldn't it have centered upon a woman he knew as well as he knew Dolly, whose likes and dislikes, little tricks of speech and manner, habits of thought, all the inconsiderable traits that go to make up what we call personality, were pleasantly familiar? ❋ Bertrand W. Sinclair (1926)

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