personality

/ˌpər-sə-ˈna-lə-tē/

Middle English personalite, from Anglo-French personalité, from Late Latin personalitat-, personalitas, from personalis

noun

  1. the quality or state of being a person

  2. personal existence

  3. the condition or fact of relating to a particular person; specifically : the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual

disposition temperament temper character personality mean the dominant quality or qualities distinguishing a person or group. disposition implies customary moods and attitude toward the life around one. temperament implies a pattern of innate characteristics associated with one's specific physical and nervous organization.

noun

  1. any of various psychological disorders that are characterized by persistent inflexible or impaired patterns of thought and behavior that usually cause difficulties in forming and maintaining interpersonal relationships and in meeting the daily demands of one's personal and work life and that typically become apparent during adolescence or early adulthood

noun

  1. any of several tests that attempt to characterize the personality of an individual by objective scoring of replies to a large number of questions concerning his or her own behavior