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Personality
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. Burrill.