Category:Personality

Per`son*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Personalities. Etym: [cf. F. personnalité. Cf. Personality.]

1. That which constitutes distinction of person; individuality. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as A ground. Coleridge.

2. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, Etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or Offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. Macaulay.

3. (law)

Defn: that quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and Capacity of persons. Burrill.