Definition of "personality"

personality

/pɜːsəˈnælətɪ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural personalities
1. (of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
  Quotations
  Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground.
  c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church
  Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎
2. (of people) Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
  Quotations
  But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.
  1959, Lloyd Price, Personality
3. (of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.
  Quotations
  Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.
  2017, Janet Fletcher, Cheese & Beer, page 35
4. An assumed role or manner of behavior.
5. A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.
6. (archaic) Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
  Quotations
  Sharp personalities were exchanged.
  1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 11, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volumes (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
  Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.
  1905, O. Henry, Telemachus, Friend
7. (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons