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Revision as of 18:23, 15 August 2015
English
Etymology
Coined between 1350 and 1400 from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) personalite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin (deprecated template usage) persōnālitās.[1]
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˌpɜrsəˈnælɪti/
Noun
personality (plural personalities)
- A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- A celebrity.
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- Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
- 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:
- But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.
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- 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:
- Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Sharp personalities were exchanged.
- 1905, O. Henry, Telemachus, Friend
- Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
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- Thomas Babington Macaulay
- (deprecated template usage) (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people
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assumed role or manner of behavior
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celebrity
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charisma
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something said or written which refers to the person of some individual
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law: quality of law
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References
- ^ “personality”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.