Hypertext Webster Gateway: "personalities"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Personality \Per`son*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Personalities}. [Cf. F.
personnalit['e]. 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) That quality of a law which concerns the condition,
state, and capacity of persons. --Burrill.


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