Added 8 October 2026
personality
/pɜː.səˈnæ.lə.tɪ/ noun
In Latin: indolēs First recorded: late 14th century Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about personality at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual.
their different reactions reflected their very different personalities
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A person of considerable prominence.
she is a Hollywood personality
Origin
From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.
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