personality
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
Etymology: From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.
Inflected forms:
form: personalities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The president has a unique personality.
Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
gloss: Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The best contestant shows most personality.
But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.
gloss: Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: His writing has a lot of personality.
This functional concrete building lacks personality.
Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.
gloss: An assumed role or manner of behavior.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.
gloss: A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.
gloss: Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
uncountable
examples: indulgence in personalities
Sharp personalities were exchanged.
Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
gloss: That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
countable
euphemistic
humorous
examples: Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality".
Damn the girl on the right has a huge personality
I'm jealous of Subaru for being able to experience her massive personality up close 🗿
what do you mean? i just like her for her two huge "personalities"
They have huge personalities indeed.
She has a great personality
Derived words: addictive personality
antisocial personality disorder
avoidant personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
cult of personality
dependent personality disorder
fursonality
groupality
histrionic personality disorder
multipersonality
multiple personality
multiple personality disorder
narcissistic personality disorder
nonpersonality
paranoid personality disorder
personality clash
personality cult
personality difficulty
personality disorder
personality inventory
personalityless
personalitylike
personality test
personality trait
personalitywise
Perthonality
sadistic personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder
schizotypal personality
split personality
strong personality
subpersonality
superpersonality
television personality
tripersonality
unpersonality
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