Pronunciation Noun
personality
- A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.
- Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
- The president has a unique personality.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- My work PC emulates a Windows personality.
- In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.
- A celebrity.
- Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.
- 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.
- The best contestant shows most personality.
- 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.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗: - 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.
- indulgence in personalities
- (legal) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- French: personnalité
- German: Persönlichkeit
- Italian: personalità
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Russian: ли́чность
- Spanish: personalidad
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Russian: ли́чность
- German: Persönlichkeit
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Russian: ли́чность
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Russian: ли́чные ка́чества
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