personality
NOUN:
1. the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others:
He has a pleasing personality.
2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities:
He is a curious personality.
3. the quality of being a person; existence as a self-conscious human being; personal identity.
4. the essential character of a person.
5. something apprehended as reflective of or analogous to a distinctive human personality, as the atmosphere of a place or thing:
This house has a warm personality.
6. a famous, notable, or prominent person; celebrity.
7. the distinctive character of a person that makes him socially attractive:
a salesman needs a lot of personality.
8. a well-known person in a certain field, such as sport or entertainment.
9. a remarkable person:
the old fellow is a real personality.
10. the quality of being a unique person.
11. the distinctive atmosphere of a place or situation.
12. the quality or state of being a person.
13. personal existence.
14. the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group, especially the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics.
15. a set of distinctive traits and characteristics:
the energetic personality of the city.
16. distinction or excellence of personal and social traits—also, a person having such quality.
17. a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety a TV personality.
18. application or reference to a particular person or particular persons, often in disparagement or hostility.
19.
a) (often plural) a personal remark.
b) an offensively personal remark:
angrily resorted to personalities.
c) a disparaging or offensive statement referring to a particular person:
The political debate deteriorated into personalities.
in medicine:
1. the quality or condition of being a person.
2. the totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
3. the pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person.
4. distinctive qualities of a person, especially those personal characteristics that make one socially appealing.
in psychology:
1. the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual.
2. the organized pattern of behavioral characteristics of the individual.
3. the sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized as being unique.
Examples:
He has a very pleasant personality. // We all have different personalities.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English personalite (< Middle French) < Late Latin persōnālitās. See personal, -ity. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 15th century. History and Etymology: Middle English personalite, from Anglo-French personalité, from Late Latin personalitat-, personalitas, from personalis. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others:
He has a pleasing personality.
2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities:
He is a curious personality.
3. the quality of being a person; existence as a self-conscious human being; personal identity.
4. the essential character of a person.
5. something apprehended as reflective of or analogous to a distinctive human personality, as the atmosphere of a place or thing:
This house has a warm personality.
6. a famous, notable, or prominent person; celebrity.
7. the distinctive character of a person that makes him socially attractive:
a salesman needs a lot of personality.
8. a well-known person in a certain field, such as sport or entertainment.
9. a remarkable person:
the old fellow is a real personality.
10. the quality of being a unique person.
11. the distinctive atmosphere of a place or situation.
12. the quality or state of being a person.
13. personal existence.
14. the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group, especially the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics.
15. a set of distinctive traits and characteristics:
the energetic personality of the city.
16. distinction or excellence of personal and social traits—also, a person having such quality.
17. a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety a TV personality.
18. application or reference to a particular person or particular persons, often in disparagement or hostility.
19.
a) (often plural) a personal remark.
b) an offensively personal remark:
angrily resorted to personalities.
c) a disparaging or offensive statement referring to a particular person:
The political debate deteriorated into personalities.
in medicine:
1. the quality or condition of being a person.
2. the totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person.
3. the pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person.
4. distinctive qualities of a person, especially those personal characteristics that make one socially appealing.
in psychology:
1. the sum total of the physical, mental, emotional, and social characteristics of an individual.
2. the organized pattern of behavioral characteristics of the individual.
3. the sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized as being unique.
Examples:
He has a very pleasant personality. // We all have different personalities.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English personalite (< Middle French) < Late Latin persōnālitās. See personal, -ity. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use: 15th century. History and Etymology: Middle English personalite, from Anglo-French personalité, from Late Latin personalitat-, personalitas, from personalis. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.