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personality

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Personality  \Per`son*al"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Personalities}.  [Cf.  F. 
  personnalit['e].  Cf  {Personality}.] 
  1.  That  which  constitutes  distinction  of  person; 
  individuality. 
 
  Personality  is  individuality  existing  in  itself  but 
  with  a  nature  as  a  ground.  --Coleridge. 
 
  2.  Something  said  or  written  which  refers  to  the  person, 
  conduct,  etc.,  of  some  individual,  especially  something  of 
  a  disparaging  or  offensive  nature;  personal  remarks;  as 
  indulgence  in  personalities. 
 
  Sharp  personalities  were  exchanged.  --Macaulay. 
 
  3.  (Law)  That  quality  of  a  law  which  concerns  the  condition, 
  state,  and  capacity  of  persons.  --Burrill. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  personality 
  n  1:  the  complex  of  all  the  attributes--behavioral, 
  temperamental,  emotional  and  mental--that  characterize  a 
  unique  individual;  "their  different  reactions  reflected 
  their  very  different  personalities";  "it  is  his  nature 
  to  help  others" 
  2:  a  person  of  considerable  prominence;  "she  is  a  Hollywood 
  personality"




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