personality

Noun

personality (countable and uncountable, plural personalities)

1. Of people, a set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
   • The president has a unique personality.
   • Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church

   Synonyms:

   selfness

2. Of people, charisma; qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
   • The best contestant shows most personality.
   • But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.1959, Lloyd Price, Personality
3. Of inanimate or abstract things, a set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
   • His writing has a lot of personality.
   • This functional concrete building lacks personality.
4. An assumed role or manner of behavior.
   • In his final act, the comedian takes on a child's personality.
5. A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence (e.g. an actor, singer or sports player).
   • Johnny Carson was a respected television personality.
6. (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 in personalities
   • Sharp personalities were exchanged.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
7. That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.
8. (Internet, countable, euphemistic, humorous) A set of female breasts; a rack; alternatively, (typically in the plural) an individual breast.
   • Whoa mama! That gal's got a fine... er, "personality".
   • Damn the girl on the right has a huge personality2020 February 20, u/JoshyyJosh10, r/anime (Reddit post), archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024

   Synonyms:

   assets, babylons, balloons, baps, badonkers, bangers, bazongas, bazookas, bazoombas, bazooms