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noun

Personality n. (pl. personalities)

That which constitutes distinction of person; the externally evident aspects of the character or behavior of a person; individuality. "Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground."

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."

(Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

A person who is famous or notable; a celebrity.

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Etymology of 'Personality'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Personality" Quotes from Famous Books

... "in character" at this interview. She intended to keep her own personality out of sight, and she felt that she needed the aid and concealment that her disguise would afford. She would give Claire's schemes ...

— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... idol of Diderot and of Jean Jacques Rousseau, enjoyed a European success with his sentimental and virtuous novels, Pamela, Clarissa Harlowe, and Sir Charles Grandison. As a critic and as a personality, Dr. Johnson has no parallel in any age or land. His Dictionary is famous despite its faults, and Rasselas, which he wrote to pay for his mother's funeral, can ...

— Initiation into Literature • Emile Faguet

... Dick was, that the doctor seemed completely to lose sight of his personality— of his—Kennedy's—and to look upon him as irrevocably destined to become his aerial companion. Not even the shadow of a doubt was ever suggested; and Samuel made an intolerable misuse of the first ...

— Five Weeks in a Balloon • Jules Verne

... of her. A wild elation began to swell his heart. His eyes glowed, his blood burned with the triumph, not so much of his daring capture of her, but of the flattering tribute that her pretty ways were paying toward his personality alone. Wary as he was, cynical of subterfuge, he did not penetrate her guard. His monstrous vanity whispered eager flattery in ...

— The Palace of Darkened Windows • Mary Hastings Bradley

... for ever with his present limitations and failings? Yet if these are not continued, the man does not continue, but something else, a totally different person. I believe in the survival of life and thought. People think is not enough. They say they want the survival of their personality. It is very difficult to express any conjecture upon the matter, especially now when I am weak, and I have no system—nothing but surmises. One thing I am sure of—that a man ought to rid himself as much as possible of the miserable ...

— The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford • Mark Rutherford

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