Personality
[pɜːsə'nælɪtɪ] or [,pɝsə'næləti]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a person of considerable prominence; 'she is a Hollywood personality'.
Checked by Gwen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
Editor: Stanton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Individuality, distinct existence.
Checker: Roderick
Examples
- It was the universal reason divested of a human personality. Plato. The Republic.
- The lives of both Philip and his son were pervaded by the personality of a restless and evil woman, Olympias, the mother of Alexander. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had at least five small refuges in different parts of London, in which he was able to change his personality. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They have tried to blot out human prestige, to minimize the influence of personality. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But there was some power of personality in him that prevailed over their coldness, and he made them listen to his new convictions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As if you could not sooner disown your own personality! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But the objective man, in Nietzsche's opinion, distrusts his own personality and regards it as some thing to be set aside as accidental, and a detriment to calm judgment. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- By an examination of the ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade, as to the personality of the criminal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lily's mind had reverted from the intrusive personality of Mr. Rosedale to the train of thought set in motion by Trenor's first words. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is not simply his religious policy and his frank display of natural affection that seem to mark a strong and very original personality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His personality was strong, aggressive, dominating. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Critics are disposed to regard the gospel of St. Mark as being the most trustworthy account of the personality and actual words of Jesus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I know nothing more of him than his name and race; but from a boy upwards I have always attached a personality to Saph. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We know very little of his personality or of his private life; no Plutarch, no Suetonius, has preserved any intimate and living details about him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now that I looked at him closely I commenced to see why his face and personality had attracted me so strongly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But as men, personalities, they were just accidents, sporadic little unimportant phenomena. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I disclaim any personalities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was only now and then that some fine personality or some group of fine personalities dominated it in that direction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An increasing harvest of rich personalities is the social reward for a fine statesmanship, but such personalities are free growths in a cordial environment. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But stripped to their personalities, Louis XVI was hardly gifted enough or noble-minded enough to be Franklin's valet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For thirteen years more the struggle of personalities went on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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