personality

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]  (deprecated template usage) persōnālitās.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌpɜrsəˈnælɪti/

Noun

personality (plural personalities)

1. 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.

2. An assumed role or manner of behavior.

3. A celebrity.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. (deprecated template usage) (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

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Synonyms

• selfness

Derived terms

• addictive personality
• borderline personality disorder
• multiple personalities
• subpersonality

Translations

set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people

• Arabic: شَخْصِيَّة f (šaḵṣiyya)
• Armenian: պերսոնալիզմ (personalizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性格 (zh) (xìnggé), 個性／个性 (zh) (gèxìng), 个性 (zh) (gèxìng)

• Czech: osobnost (cs) f
• Danish: personlighed c
• Dutch: persoonlijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: persoonallisuus (fi)
• French: personnalité (fr) f
• German: Persönlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: προσωπικότητα (el) f (prosopikótita)
• Hindi: व्यक्तित्व m (vyaktitv)
• Hungarian: egyéniség (hu)
• Irish: tréithe pearsanta f pl
• Italian: personalità f
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• Japanese: 人格 (ja) (じんかく, jinkaku)
• Korean: 인격 (ko) (ingyeok) (人格 (ko))
• Maori: tuakiri
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: personlighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: personalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: personalitate (ro) f
• Russian: ли́чность (ru) f (líčnostʹ), индивидуа́льность (ru) f (individuálʹnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: pearsantachd f
• Slovene: osébnost f
• Spanish: personalidad (es) f
• Swedish: personlighet (sv) c
• Vietnamese: tính cách (vi) (性格)

assumed role or manner of behavior

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性氣／性气 (xìngqì), 性气 (zh) (xìngqì)

• Czech: osobnost (cs) f
• Danish: skikkelse c
• Finnish: luonne (fi)
• Greek: προσωπικότητα (el) f (prosopikótita)
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• Hungarian: személyiség (hu)
• Portuguese: personalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: personalitate (ro) f
• Russian: ли́чность (ru) f (líčnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: pearsantachd f
• Slovene: osébnost f

celebrity

• Belarusian: дзе́яч m (dzjéjač)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名人 (zh) (míngrén)

• Czech: osobnost (cs) f
• Danish: personlighed c
• Finnish: henkilö (fi)
• German: Persönlichkeit (de) f
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• Greek: προσωπικότητα (el) f (prosopikótita)
• Hungarian: személyiség (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: personlighet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: personalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: personalitate (ro) f
• Russian: ли́чность (ru) f (líčnostʹ), осо́ба (ru) f (osóba)

charisma

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豐韻／丰韵 (zh) (fēngyùn), 丰韵 (fēngyùn)

• Czech: osobnost (cs) f
• Danish: personlighed c, karisma c
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• Finnish: persoonallisuus (fi)
• Greek: προσωπικότητα (el) f (prosopikótita)
• Hungarian: karizma
• Portuguese: personalidade (pt) f
• Russian: ли́чные ка́чества n pl (líčnyje káčestva), хари́зма (ru) f (xarízma)

something said or written which refers to the person of some individual

• Finnish: · henkilökohtaisuus
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law: quality of law

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The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} persoonlijkheid (nl)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მეობა (meoba), ^{(please verify)} პიროვნება (ṗirovneba)
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• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kepribadian (id)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వ్యక్తిత్వము (te) (vyaktitvamu)

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