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personality

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishpersonalite, fromMiddle French[Term?], fromLatinpersōnālitās.^[1] First attested in the late 14th century. Bysurface analysis,personal +‎-ity.

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/,/-i/
(General American)IPA^(key): /ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæ.lə.ti/,/-lɪ-/,/ˌpɜɹ.səˈnæl.ti/
Audio(Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation:per‧son‧al‧i‧ty

Noun

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personality (countable anduncountable,pluralpersonalities)

Of people, a set of non-physicalpsychological andsocialqualities that make one persondistinct from another.
Synonym:selfness
The president has a uniquepersonality.
- c.1828,Samuel Taylor Coleridge,Notes on Field on the Church:
  Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
- 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 19, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
  Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting herpersonality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
Of people,charisma; qualities that make a personstand out from the crowd.
The best contestant shows mostpersonality.
- 1959, Lloyd Price,Personality:
  But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you gotpersonality.
Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make somethingdistinctive orinteresting.
His writing has a lot ofpersonality.
This functional concrete building lackspersonality.
- 2017, Janet Fletcher,Cheese & Beer, page35:
  Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centeredpersonality and a copper or caramel color.
An assumed role or manner of behavior.
In his final act, the comedian takes on a child'spersonality.
Acelebrity, especially one with a strongmedia presence (e.g. anactor,singer or sports player).
Johnny Carson was a respected televisionpersonality.
(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.
indulgence inpersonalities
- 1849–1861,Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, inThe History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume(please specify |volume=I to V), London:Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,→OCLC:
  Sharppersonalities were exchanged.
- 1905,O. Henry,Telemachus, Friend:
  Perceiving thatpersonalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
(law) That quality of alaw which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.^[2]
(Internet slang, euphemistic, humorous, countable) A set offemalebreasts; arack; alternatively,(typically in theplural) an individual breast.
Synonyms:seeThesaurus:breasts
Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality".
- 2020 February 20, u/JoshyyJosh10,r/anime‎^[1] (Reddit post), archived fromthe original on20 January 2024:
  Damn the girl on the right has a hugepersonality
- 2021 May 18, @enbootle,Twitter‎^[2] (post), archived fromthe original on20 January 2024:
  I'm jealous of Subaru for being able to experience her massivepersonality up close 🗿
- 2022 March 15, u/SlightAcanthisitta0,r/DerScheisser‎^[3] (Reddit post), archived fromthe original on20 January 2024:
  what do you mean? i just like her for her two huge "personalities"
- 2023 December 26, u/HarryPotterDBD,r/me_irl‎^[4] (Reddit post), archived fromthe original on20 January 2024:
  They have hugepersonalities indeed.
- 2024 January 1, u/mosquitonasopa,r/CrusaderKings‎^[5] (Reddit post), archived fromthe original on20 January 2024:
  She has a greatpersonality

Derived terms

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Descendants

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→ Japanese:パーソナリティ(pāsonariti)

Translations

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set of qualities that make a person distinct from other people

Afrikaans:persoonlikheid
Albanian:personalitet (sq) m
Arabic:شَخْصِيَّة (ar) f(šaḵṣiyya)
Armenian:անհատականություն (hy)(anhatakanutʻyun)
Azerbaijani:şəxsiyyət
Belarusian:асабі́стасць f(asabístascʹ),індывідуа́льнасць f(indyviduálʹnascʹ)
Bulgarian:индивидуа́лност (bg) f(individuálnost),ли́чност (bg) f(líčnost)
Catalan:personalitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin:性格 (zh)(xìnggé),個性 /个性 (zh)(gèxìng)
Cornish:personoleth f
Czech:osobnost (cs) f
Danish:personlighed c
Dutch:persoonlijkheid (nl) f
Esperanto:personeco
Estonian:isiksus (et),personaalsus
Finnish:luonne (fi),persoonallisuus (fi)
French:personnalité (fr) f
Galician:personalidade (gl) f
Georgian:პიროვნება(ṗirovneba)
German:Persönlichkeit (de) f
Greek:προσωπικότητα (el) f(prosopikótita)
Hebrew:אִישִׁיּוּת (he) f(ishiyút)
Hindi:व्यक्तित्व (hi) m(vyaktitva)
Hungarian:egyéniség (hu)
Icelandic:persónuleiki (is) m
Indonesian:kepribadian (id),personalitas (id)
Irish:tréithe pearsanta f pl
Italian:personalità (it) f
Japanese:人格 (ja)(じんかく, jinkaku),性格 (ja)(せいかく, seikaku)
Kapampangan:pangatau,pangatawu
Kazakh:тұлға (kk)(tūlğa)
Khmer:ឫកពា(rɨkpiə),ឫក (km)(rɨk)
Korean:인격(人格) (ko)(in'gyeok),성격(性格) (ko)(seonggyeok)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:کەسایەتی(kesayetî)
Northern Kurdish:şexsiyet (ku)
Kyrgyz:кишилик(kişilik),инсандык(insandık),инсан (ky)(insan)
Lao:ບຸກຄະລິກກະພາບ (lo)(buk kha lik ka phāp)
Latin:indolēs f
Latvian:personība f
Lithuanian:asmenybė f
Macedonian:ли́чност f(líčnost)
Maori:tuakiri,haukiri,ihokiri
Marathi:व्यक्तिमत्व n(vyaktimatva)
Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
Nepali:व्यक्तित्व(vyaktitwa)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:personlighet (no) m or f
Nynorsk:personlegdom m
Pashto:شخصيت (ps) m(šaxsyat)
Persian:شَخصیَت (fa)(šaxsiyat)
Polish:osobowość (pl) f
Portuguese:personalidade (pt) f
Romanian:personalitate (ro) f
Russian:ли́чность (ru) f(líčnostʹ),индивидуа́льность (ru) f(individuálʹnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic:pearsantachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:ли̏чно̄ст f
Roman:lȉčnōst (sh) f
Slovak:osobnosť f
Slovene:osébnost (sl) f
Spanish:personalidad (es) f
Swedish:personlighet (sv) c
Tagalog:pagkatao
Tajik:шахсият(šaxsiyat)
Tamil:ஆளுமை (ta)(āḷumai)
Thai:บุคลิกภาพ (th)(bùk-ká-lík-gà-pâap)
Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
Turkish:kişilik (tr),şahsiyet (tr)
Turkmen:şahsyýet
Ukrainian:характер (uk) m(xarakter),особи́стість (uk) f(osobýstistʹ),індивідуа́льність (uk) f(indyviduálʹnistʹ)
Urdu:شَخْصِیَت f(śaxsiyat)
Uzbek:shaxsiyat (uz)
Vietnamese:tính cách (vi) (性格)
Welsh:personoliaeth (cy) f
White Hmong:please add this translation if you can
Zhuang:please add this translation if you can

assumed role or manner of behavior

Chinese:
Mandarin:性氣 /性气 (zh)(xìngqì)
Czech:osobnost (cs) f
Danish:skikkelse c
Finnish:luonne (fi)
Galician:personalidade (gl) f
Greek:προσωπικότητα (el) f(prosopikótita)
Hungarian:személyiség (hu)
Japanese:性格 (ja)(せいかく, seikaku)
Korean:성격(性格) (ko)(seonggyeok)
Macedonian:ли́чност f(líčnost),ка́рактер m(kárakter)
Portuguese:personalidade (pt) f
Romanian:personalitate (ro) f
Russian:ли́чность (ru) f(líčnostʹ),хара́ктер (ru) m(xarákter)
Scottish Gaelic:pearsantachd f
Slovene:osébnost (sl) f
Ukrainian:особи́стість (uk) f(osobýstistʹ)

celebrity

Belarusian:дзе́яч m(dzjéjač)
Bulgarian:знамени́тост (bg) f(znamenítost)
Chinese:
Mandarin:名人 (zh)(míngrén)
Czech:osobnost (cs) f
Danish:personlighed c
Finnish:henkilö (fi)
Galician:persoeiro m
German:Persönlichkeit (de) f
Greek:προσωπικότητα (el) f(prosopikótita)
Hebrew:אִישִׁיּוּת (he) f(ishiyút)
Hindi:विशिष्ट (hi)(viśiṣṭ)
Hungarian:személyiség (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:personlighet (no) m or f
Portuguese:personalidade (pt) f
Romanian:personalitate (ro) f
Russian:знамени́тость (ru) f(znamenítostʹ),ли́чность (ru) f(líčnostʹ),осо́ба (ru) f(osóba)

charisma

Chinese:
Mandarin:風韻 /风韵 (zh)(fēngyùn)
Czech:osobnost (cs) f
Danish:personlighed c,karisma c
Finnish:persoonallisuus (fi)
Greek:προσωπικότητα (el) f(prosopikótita)
Hungarian:karizma (hu)
Macedonian:хари́зма f(harízma)
Portuguese:personalidade (pt) f
Russian:ли́чные ка́чества n pl(líčnyje káčestva),хари́зма (ru) f(xarízma)

something said or written which refers to the person of some individual

Bulgarian:нападки (bg) f pl(napadki)
Finnish:henkilökohtaisuus (fi)

law: quality of law

Thai:สภาพบุคคล(sà-pâap-bùk-kon)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch:^{(pleaseverify)}persoonlijkheid (nl),^{(pleaseverify)}personaliteit (nl)
German:^{(pleaseverify)}Personalität (de) f
Georgian:^(please verify)მეობა(meoba),^{(pleaseverify)}პიროვნება(ṗirovneba)
Indonesian:^{(pleaseverify)}kepribadian (id)
Telugu:^{(pleaseverify)}వ్యక్తిత్వము (te)(vyaktitvamu)

References

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^“personality”, inDictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851), “PERSONALITY”, inA New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume(please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […],→OCLC.