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per⋅son⋅al⋅i⋅ty

  [pur-suh-nal-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities: He is a curious personality.
3. Psychology.
a. the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual.
b. the organized pattern of behavioral characteristics of the individual.
4. the quality of being a person; existence as a self-conscious human being; personal identity.
5. the essential character of a person.
6. something apprehended as reflective of or analogous to a distinctive human personality, as the atmosphere of a place or thing: This house has a warm personality.
7. a famous, notable, or prominent person; celebrity.
8. application or reference to a particular person or particular persons, often in disparagement or hostility.
9. a disparaging or offensive statement referring to a particular person: The political debate deteriorated into personalities.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME personalite (< MF) < LL persōnālitās. See personal, -ity

Synonyms:
1. See character.
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per·son·al·i·ty   (pûr'sə-nāl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. per·son·al·i·ties

  1. The quality or condition of being a person.

  2. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.

  3. The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person: Though their personalities differed, they got along as friends.

  4. Distinctive qualities of a person, especially those distinguishing personal characteristics that make one socially appealing: won the election more on personality than on capability. See Synonyms at disposition.

    1. A person as the embodiment of distinctive traits of mind and behavior.

    2. A person of prominence or notoriety: television personalities.

  6. An offensively personal remark. Often used in the plural: Let's not engage in personalities.

  7. The distinctive characteristics of a place or situation: furnishings that give a room personality.


[Middle English personalite, from Old French, from Late Latin persōnālitās, from Latin persōnālis, personal, from persōna, person; see person.]
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Cultural Dictionary

personality

The pattern of feelings, thoughts, and activities that distinguishes one person from another.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

personality 
c.1380, "quality or fact of being a person," from M.L. personalitatem (nom. personalitas), from L. personalis (see personal). Sense of "a distinctive character" is first recorded 1795, from Fr. personnalité.
"Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being. It is an act of courage flung in the face of life, the absolute affirmation of all that constitutes the individual, the most successful adaptation to the universal conditions of existence, coupled with the greatest possible freedom of self-determination." [C.G. Jung, 1875-1961]
Meaning "person whose character stands out from that of others" is from 1889. Personality cult is attested from 1956.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: per·son·al·i·ty
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : the quality, state, or fact of being a person personality>
2 : the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics personality disorder>
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: per·son·al·i·ty
Pronunciation: "p&rs-&n-'al-&t-E, "p&r-'snal-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual especially in relationships with others
2 a : the totality ofan individual's behavioral and emotional tendencies b : the organization of the individual's distinguishing character traits, attitudes, or habits
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Medical Dictionary

personality per·son·al·i·ty (pûr'sə-nāl'ĭ-tē)
n.

  1. The quality or condition of being a person.

  2. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.

  3. The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person.

  4. Distinctive qualities of a person, especially those personal characteristics that make one socially appealing.

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