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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

... wholesale dry-goods house of that city. Hurstwood did not see his son, for he sat, as was his wont, as far back as possible, leaving himself just partially visible, when he bent forward, to those within the first six rows in question. It was his wont to sit this way in every theatre—to make his personality as inconspicuous as possible where it would be no advantage to him to ...

— Sister Carrie • Theodore Dreiser

... descend in the scale of intelligence, the descent is marked by a corresponding increase in automatic motion not subject to the control of a self-conscious intelligence. This descent is gradual from the expanded self-recognition of the highest human personality to that lowest order of visible forms which we speak of as "things," and from ...

— The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science • Thomas Troward

... creator, God the preserver, God the fertilizer, to God the ruler, to God the omnipotent over good and evil. Thus, you see, there is no mockery in our services, although to us they bear an inner meaning not understood by others. They worship a personality endowed with principle; we the principle itself. They see in the mystic figure the representation of a deity; we see in it the type of an attribute of ...

— The Cat of Bubastes - A Tale of Ancient Egypt • G. A. Henty

... him can forget his beautiful face, charming personality, and grace of manner which, joined to a nobility of character and goodness of heart, attracted all who came in contact with him, and made him the most generally beloved and popular of men. This was especially so with women, to ...

— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son

... he led an attack on the saloon—dressed the mothers, washed the children, fed the babies, swabbed down the floors and nursed the sick, and performed every imaginable service for all hands. On deck he settled the quarrels and established order either by his personality, or, if necessary, by his fists. Practically by day and night he worked for the common good, never sparing himself, and with his infectious smile gradually made us all feel the whole thing was ...

— The Voyages of Captain Scott - Retold from 'The Voyage of the "Discovery"' and 'Scott's - Last Expedition' • Charles Turley

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