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.
The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person: Though their personalities differed, they got along as friends.
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.
A person as the embodiment of distinctive traits of mind and behavior.
A person of prominence or notoriety: television personalities.
An offensively personal remark. Often used in the plural: Let's not engage in personalities.
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.]
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.
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"
2.
a person of considerable prominence; "she is a Hollywood personality"
a person's characteristics (of the mind, the emotions etc) as a whole Example: a likeable / forceful (= strong) personality
Arabic:
شَخْصِيَّه
Czech:
osobnost
Danish:
personlighed
Estonian:
isiksus
Finnish:
persoonallisuus, luonne
Greek:
προσωπικότητα
Hungarian:
személyiség
Indonesian:
kepribadian
Italian:
personalità
Latvian:
personība
Lithuanian:
asmenybė
Portuguese (Brazil):
personalidade
Romanian:
personalitate
Russian:
личность
Slovak:
osobnosť
Spanish:
personalidad
Turkish:
kişilik
ˌpersoˈnality2noun
strong, distinctive (usually attractive) character Example: She is not beautiful but she has a lot of personality.
Arabic:
شَخْصِيَّه
Czech:
osobitost
Danish:
personlighed; karakter
Estonian:
isikupära
Finnish:
omintakeisuus
Greek:
προσωπικότητα
Hungarian:
egyéniség
Indonesian:
watak
Italian:
personalità
Latvian:
individualitāte
Lithuanian:
tvirtas, savitas charakteris
Portuguese (Brazil):
personalidade
Romanian:
personalitate
Russian:
характер
Slovak:
osobitosť
Spanish:
personalidad
Turkish:
kişilik, güçlü karakter
ˌpersoˈnality3noun
a well-known person a political leader) Example: a television personality; (also adjective) a personality cult (= very great, usually too great, admiration for a person, usually
Per`son*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Personalities. [Cf. F. personnalit['e]. Cf. Personality.]1. That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. --Coleridge. 2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. --Macaulay. 3. (Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. --Burrill.
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