personality

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
  2. noun a person of considerable prominence

Etymology

From Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin persōnālitās. First attested in the late 14th century. By surface analysis, personal + -ity.

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