Synonyms for personality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-suh-nal-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr səˈnæl ɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for personality Other synonyms for the word personality

Définition of personality

Origin :
  • late 14c., "quality or fact of being a person," from Medieval Latin personalitatem (nominative personalitas), from Late Latin personalis (see personal). Sense of "a distinctive character" is first recorded 1795, from French personnalité.
  • Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being. It is an act of courage flung in the face of life, the absolute affirmation of all that constitutes the individual, the most successful adaptation to the universal conditions of existence, coupled with the greatest possible freedom of self-determination. [C.G. Jung, 1875-1961]
  • Meaning "person whose character stands out from that of others" is from 1889. Personality cult is attested from 1956.
  • noun person's character, traits
Example sentences :
  • A new Dick appeared to him, a personality stronger, deeper than he could have imagined.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • The book and the personality of Job have caused much controversy.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • By this means he gave to man an extended, a Titan personality.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Also he disliked Carter—seemed to associate his personality with that of Shandy's.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • She felt as if she were drawing the lilies so into herself that her own personality waned.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • “Force of personality,” he repeated, with ostentatious calm.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Neither was their personality stamped in any way, professionally, socially or racially.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He was moved in his simplicity to urge moderation by asserting the claims of his own personality.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Or was it some subtler echo of Lady St. Craye's personality that clung there?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • In short, I became a personality, and that sufficed for my childish pride.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
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