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PERSONALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
Example:
it is his nature to help others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("personality" is a kind of...):
attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Meronyms (parts of "personality"):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
character; fiber; fibre (the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions)
nature (the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personality"):
identity; individuality; personal identity (the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity)
personableness (the complex of attributes that make a person socially attractive)
anal personality; anal retentive personality ((psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training))
genital personality ((psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives)
narcissistic personality (personality marked by self-love and self-absorption; unrealistic views about your own qualities and little regard for others)
obsessive-compulsive personality (personality characterized by a strong need to repeat certain acts or rituals)
oral personality ((psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development)
Holonyms ("personality" is a part of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
personal (of or arising from personality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person of considerable prominence
Example:
she is a Hollywood personality
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("personality" is a kind of...):
celebrity; famous person (a widely known person)
Context examples:
A constellation of signs and symptoms characterized by changes in personality, consciousness, and reflexes, resulting from neuropsychiatric abnormalities secondary to liver failure without evidence of other brain disease.
(Hepatic Encephalopathy, NCI Thesaurus)
The neurologic disorders include movement disorders, ataxia, cognitive disturbances, personality changes, and seizures.
(Neuroacanthocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
I was prepared for something strange, but not for so overpowering a personality as this.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This relationship means that low and high scores obtained in such personality traits are respectively linked to lower or higher propensities to make humorous comments aimed at building and strengthening social relationships.
(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)
With your permission, then, we will push my own personality as far as possible out of the picture.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is used to treat mental, emotional, personality, and behavioral disorders.
(CBT, NCI Dictionary)
It is manifested with personality changes and deterioration of the language skills.
(Frontotemporal Dementia, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual is or was bothered by the change in their personality.
(Bothered by Change in Personality, NCI Thesaurus)
A personality of smallness and egotism and petty underhandedness seemed to emanate from the letters themselves.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Frontotemporal dementia is a form of dementia that causes changes in personality and behaviour, and language difficulties.
(Mechanism behind neuron death in motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia discovered, University of Cambridge)
