English Online Dictionary. What means personality? What does personality mean?
English
Etymology
Coined between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās.
Morphologically personal + -ity
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːsəˈnælətɪ/, /-i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɝsəˈnælɪti/, [ˌpɝsəˈnælɪɾi]
Noun
personality (countable and uncountable, plural personalities)
- (of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
- (of people) Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
- (of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
- An assumed role or manner of behavior.
- A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer, or sports player).
- (dated) Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
- (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
- (Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous) A set of female breasts; a rack; (also occasionally) an individual breast.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:breasts
Synonyms
- selfness
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: パーソナリティ (pāsonariti)
Translations
References
Further reading
- "personality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 232.
Anagrams
- antileprosy, ponytailers