PERSONALITY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.
n.

That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. Burrill.