[per.son.al.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME personalite, fr. LL personalitat-, personalitas, fr. personalis] (15c) 1 a: the quality or state of being a person b: personal existence
2. a: the condition or fact of relating to a particular person; specif: the condition of referring directly to or being aimed disparagingly or hostilely at an individual b: an offensively personal remark "angrily resorted to personalities"
3: the complex of characteristics that distinguishes an individual or a nation or group; esp: the totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional characteristics
4. a: distinction or excellence of personal and social traits; also: a person having such quality b: a person of importance, prominence, renown, or notoriety "a TV ~" syn see disposition