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Personality refers to personhood, being a person, as an essence or with respect to issues related to same.

In the English Wikipedia, Personality may refer to:

  • Personality psychology is the theory and study of personality types, personality traits and individual differences
  • Personality development, the study of human personality development over time
  • Personality disorders, a class of mental disorders that is characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and actions
  • Personality pathology is characterized by adaptive inflexibility, vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior, and emotional instability under stress
  • Personality quiz, a series of questions (usually multiple-choice) intended to reveal something about the person who answers them
  • Personality tests aim to describe aspects of a person's character, thoughts, and feelings
  • Personality type refers to patterns of relatively enduring characteristics of human behavior and the psychological classification of different types of people
  • Personality alteration, a theory often associated with cults or brainwashing

Sociology

  • Cult of personality, political institution in which a leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image
  • Personality rights, consisting of the rights to publicity and to privacy

Literature

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