• (RP) IPA: /pɜːsəˈnælətɪ/, /-i/
• (GA) IPA: /ˌpɝsəˈnælɪti/, [ˌpɝsəˈnælɪɾi]

personality

1. 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.
2. 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.

3. A celebrity.

   Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.

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.

   The best contestant shows most 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.
   • 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
6. (legal) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

• selfness

• 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