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Dictionary definition of Personality
Personality may refer to:
- Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
- Personality development, the study of human personality development over time
- Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
- Personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
- Personality quiz, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) intended to reveal something about the person who answers them
- Personality tests aim to describe aspects of a person's character, thoughts, and feelings
- Personality type refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of human behavior and the psychological classification of different types of people
- Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing
Sociology
- Cult of personality, political institution in which a leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image
- Personality rights, consisting of the rights to publicity and to privacy
Literature
- Personality (novel) (2003) , by Andrew O'Hagan
- Personality and Individual Differences, a scientific journal published bi-monthly by Elsevier
Show business
- Personality (song), a 1959 song by Lloyd Price
- Cult of Personality (song), a song by Living Colour
- Personality Crisis (band), a Canadian punk rock band
- Personality - One Was A Spider, One Was A Bird, the second album by The Sleepy Jackson
- Radio personality
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