Dictionary Definition
personality
Noun
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"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from
another.
- The president has a unique personality.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- My work PC emulates a Windows (TM) personality.
- In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.
- My work PC emulates a Windows (TM) personality.
- A celebrity.
- Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.
- Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the
crowd.
- The best contestant shows most personality.
Translations
set of qualities that make a person distinct
from another
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 性格 (xìng gé), 个性 (gè xìng)
- Danish: personlighed
- Dutch: persoonlijkheid
- Finnish: persoonallisuus
- French: personnalité
- German: Persönlichkeit
- Hungarian: egyéniség
- Italian: personalità
- Japanese: 人格 (じんかく, jinkaku)
- Korean: 인격 (ingyeok)
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Romanian: personalitate
- Russian: личность (líčnost’)
- Spanish: personalidad
- Swedish: personlighet
assumed role or manner of behavior
celebrity
- Chinese: 名人 (míng rén)
- Czech: osobnost
- Danish: personlighed
- Finnish: henkilö
- German: Persönlichkeit
- Hungarian: íres ember
- Romanian: personalitate
charisma
- Chinese: 丰韵 (fēng yùn)
- Danish: personlighed , karisma
- Hungarian: karizma
- ttbc Chinese: 性格 (xìng gé)
- ttbc Dutch: persoonlijkheid
- ttbc Telugu: వ్యక్తిత్వము (vyaktitvamu)
- ttbc Indonesian: kepribadian
Adverb
personality- Pertaining to personality
- Honesty is a desirable personality trait.
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Personality may refer to:
- Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
- Personality development, the study of human personality development over time
- Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
- Personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
- Personality quiz, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) intended to reveal something about the person who answers them
- Personality tests aim to describe aspects of a person's character, thoughts, and feelings
- Personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of people
- Personality traits refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of human behavior
- Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing
Sociology
- Cult of personality, political institution in which a leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image
- Personality rights, consisting of the rights to publicity and to privacy
Literature
- Personality (novel) (2003) , by Andrew O'Hagan
- Personality and Individual Differences, a scientific journal published bi-monthly by Elsevier
Show business
- Personality (song), a 1959 song by Lloyd Price
- Cult of Personality (song), a song by Living Colour
- Personality Crisis (band), a Canadian punk rock band
- Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird, the second album by The Sleepy Jackson
- Radio personality
personality in Czech: Osobnost
personality in Danish: Personlighed
personality in German: Persönlichkeit
personality in Estonian: Isiksus
personality in Spanish: Personalidad
personality in Italian: Personalità
personality in Dutch: Persoonlijkheid
personality in Japanese: 個性
personality in Norwegian: Personlighet
personality in Polish: Osobowość
personality in Portuguese: Personalidade
personality in Simple English: Personality
personality in Ukrainian: Особистість
personality in Chinese: 人格
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Adamite, Establishment, VIP, an existence, anima, ascendancy, aspersion, authority, baron, being, big gun, big man, big name,
big shot, bigwig,
body, brass, brass hat, cat, celebrity, chap, character, charisma, charm, chief, clout, coconscious, collective
unconscious, complexion, conscience, conscious self,
consequence,
control, creature, credit, critter, customer, death instinct,
differentiation,
differentness,
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feeling, great man, groundling, guy, hand, head, headliner, hold, homo, human, human being, human factor,
humor, id, identity, importance, important person,
imputation,
incidental power, individual, individualism, individuality, influence, influentiality, innuendo, insinuation, integrity, interests, joker, leadership, leverage, libidinal energy,
libido, life, lion, living soul, lords of
creation, luminary,
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persona, personage, personal equation,
personal identity, personal remark, personship, persuasion, pillar of
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psyche, psychic
apparatus, purchase,
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mind, subliminal,
subliminal self, submerged mind, subtle influence, suggestion, superego, superstar, supremacy, sway, tellurian, temper, temperament, terran, the great, the top,
thing, top brass, top
people, tycoon,
uncomplimentary remark, unconscious, unconscious
mind, uniqueness,
unit, upper hand, very
important person, vital impulse, weight, whip hand, whispering
campaign, worldling,
worthy