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multiple personality

 
–noun Psychiatry.
a rare disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual.
Also called split personality.

Origin:
1900–05
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split personality  
n.  

  1. Multiple personality. No longer in scientific use.

  2. Schizophrenia. No longer in scientific use.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: multiple personality
Function: noun
: an hysterical neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct but complex and sociallyand behaviorally integrated parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others called also alternating personality, dissociativeidentity disorder; —compare SPLIT PERSONALITY

Main Entry: split personality
Function: noun
: SCHIZOPHRENIA; also : MULTIPLE PERSONALITY
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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multiple personality n.
A dissociative disorder in which two or more distinct personalities exist in the same person, each of which prevails at a particular time. Also called split personality.

split personality n.
See multiple personality.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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