personality

Meaning

Noun

• A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
• 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.
• Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
• Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
• That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons

Related

Similar words

• selfness

Origin

• Coined between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English personalite, from Middle French, from Latin persōnālitās.
• Morphologically personal + -ity