Personality
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Personalidade
Ser pessoal*; pessoa;
individualidade.
*Ser pessoal: de "personal being" (ser dotado de
personalidade), também aplicado pelos reveladores no "The Urantia
Book".
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(Dicionário
Merriam-Webster)
per - son - al - i - ty
Pronunciation: "p&r-s&n-'a-l&-tE,
"p&r-'sna-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English personalite, from
Late Latin personalitat-, personalitas, from personalis
Date: 15th century
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; specifically : 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; especially
: 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 personality
(Random House)
per - son - al - i - ty
noun
pl. -ties.
1.the visible aspect of one's
character as it impresses others:
He has a pleasing personality.
2.a person as an embodiment
of a
collection of qualities:
He is a curious personality.
3.Psychol. the sum total
of the physical,
mental, emotional, and social
characteristic s of an individual.
the organized pattern of behavioral
characteristics of the individual.
4. the quality of being a
person;
existence as a self-conscious human
being; personal identity.
5. the essential character of a person.
6. something apprehended as reflective of or
analogous to a distinctive human
personality, as the atmosphere of a
place or thing:
This house has a warm personality.
7. a famous, notable, or prominent person;
celebrity.
8. application or reference to a particular
person or particular persons,
often in disparagement or hostility.
9. a disparaging or offensive statement
referring to a particular person:
The political debate deteriorated
into personalities.
[1350–1400; ME personalite
(< MF) < LL persŽn€lit€s.
See PERSONAL, -ITY]
(Dicionário Wordnet 1.6)
Sense 1
personality -- (the complex
of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that
characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected
their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others")
= attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic
of an entity)
Sense 2
personality -- (a person of considerable prominence;
"she is a Hollywood personality")
= celebrity, famous person -- (a widely known person;
"he was a baseball celebrity")
(Dicionário: Wordsmith)
Definition:
1. that which distinguishes a person from others; collective characteristic
qualities of a person.
Synonyms: character (1)
Similar Words:
persona,
identity, self, ego, psyche, nature, temperament, disposition, individuality,
characteristics
Definition:
2. a famous person; celebrity.
Synonyms: celebrity (1), name (4)
Similar Words: somebody, star, superstar,
personage, luminary, headliner, figure
Definition:
3. The characteristic qualities of something other than a human:
Synonyms: character (1)
Similar Words: identity, nature,
characteristics
(Dicionário: Thesaurus
Unversidade de Chicago)
Immateriality.
N. immateriality, immaterialness; incorporeity[obs3],
spirituality; inextension[obs3]; astral plane.
personality; I, myself, me; ego, spirit &c. (soul)
450; astral body; immaterialism[obs3]; spiritualism, spiritualist.
V. disembody, spiritualize.
Adj. immaterial, immateriate[obs3]; incorporeal, incorporal[obs3];
incorporate, unfleshly[obs3]; supersensible[obs3]; asomatous[obs3], unextended[obs3];
unembodied[obs3], disembodied; extramundane, unearthly; pneumatoscopic[obs3];
spiritual &c. (psychical) 450[obs3].
personal,
subjective, nonobjective.
Speciality.
N. {opp. 78} speciality, specialite[obs3]; individuality,
individuity|; particularity, peculiarity; idiocrasy &c. (tendency)
176[obs3]; personality, characteristic, mannerism,
idiosyncrasy; specificness &c. adj[obs3].; singularity &c. (unconformity)
83; reading, version, lection; state; trait; distinctive
feature; technicality; differentia.
particulars, details, items, counts; minutiae.
I, self, I myself; myself, himself, herself, itself.
V. specify, particularize, individualize, realize,
specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select.
descend to particulars, enter into detail, go into
detail, come to the point.
Adj. special, particular, individual,
specific, proper, personal,
original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain,
esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic,
diagnostic, exclusive; singular &c. (exceptional) 83; idiomatic; idiotypical;
typical.
this, that; yon, yonder.
Adv. specially, especially, particularly &c. adj.;
in particular, in propria persona[Lat]; ad
hominem[Lat]; for my part.
each, apiece, one by one, one at a time; severally,
respectively, each to each; seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating
detail, in mind-numbing detail; bit by bit; pro hac vice[Lat], pro re nata[Lat].
namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia
gratia[Lat], e.g., i.e.,videlicet, viz.; to wit.
Phr. le style est l'homme meme[Fr].
Discourtesy.
N. discourtesy;ill breeding; ill manners, bad manners,
ungainly manners; insuavity[obs3]; uncourteousness &c.adj[obs3].; rusticity,
inurbanity[obs3]; illiberality, incivility displacency[obs3].
disrespect &c. 929; procacity[obs3], impudence:
barbarism, barbarity; misbehavior, brutality, blackguardism[obs3], conduct
unbecoming a gentleman, grossieret, brusquerie[obs3]; vulgarity, &c.
851.
churlishness &c. adj.; spinosity[obs3], perversity,;
moroseness &c. (sullenness) 901a. sternness &c. adj.; austerity,;
moodishness[obs3], captiousness &c. 901; cynicism; tartness &c.
adj.; acrimony, acerbity, virulence, asperity.
scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard
words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.
bear, bruin, brute, blackguard, beast; unlicked cub[obs3];
frump, crosspatch[obs3]; saucebox &c. 887[obs3]; crooked stick; grizzly.
V. be -rude &c. adj.; insult &c. 929; treat
with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold with, make free with;
take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush.
cut; turn one's back upon, turn on one's heel; give
the cold shoulder; keep at a distance, keep at arm's length; look cool
upon, look coldly upon, look black upon; show the door to, send away with
a flea in the ear.
lose one's temper &c. (resentment) 900; sulk &c.
90la; frown, scowl, glower, pout; snap, snarl, growl.
render rude &c. ad .; brutalize, brutify[obs3].
Adj. discourteous, uncourteous[obs3]; uncourtly[obs3];
ill-bred, ill- mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly,
unmannered; impolite, unpolite[obs3]; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel;
ungentleman- like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar &c.
851; dedecorous[obs3]; foul-mouthed foul-spoken; abusive.
uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward,
obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.
repulsive; uncomplaisant[obs3], unaccommodating, unneighborly,
ungallant; inaffable[obs3]; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt,
gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere;
cavalier.
taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic,
biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious;
snarling &c. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen &c.
901a; peevish &c. (irascible) 901.
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.
have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858.
untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless &c.
703;
Adv. discourteously &c. adj.; with discourtesy
&c. n., with a bad grace.
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Disapprobation.
N. disapprobation, disapproval; improbation[obs3]; disesteem,
disvaluation[obs3], displacency[obs3]; odium; dislike &c. 867.
dispraise, discommendation[obs3]; blame, censure,
obloquy; detraction &c. 934; disparagement, depreciation; denunciation;
condemnation &c. 971; ostracism; black list.
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.
have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858.
animadversion, reflection, stricture, objection, exception,
criticism; sardonic grin, sardonic laugh; sarcasm, insinuation, innuendo;
bad compliment, poor compliment, left-handed compliment.
satire; sneer &c. (contempt) 930; taunt &c.
(disrespect) 929; cavil, carping, censoriousness; hypercriticism &c.
(fastidiousness) 868.
reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof,
reprobation, admonition, increpation[obs3], reproach; rebuke, reprimand,
castigation, jobation[obs3], lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging,
dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the
knuckles, coup de bec[Fr], rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust,
hit; frown, scowl, black look.
diatribe; jeremiad, jeremiade; tirade, philippic.
clamor, outcry, hue and cry; hiss, hissing; sibilance,
sibilation, catcall; execration &c. 908.
chiding, upbraiding &c.v.; exprobation[obs3],
abuse, vituperation, invective, objurgation, contumely; hard words, cutting
words, bitter words.
evil-speaking; bad language &c. 908; personality.
V. disapprove; dislike &c. 867; lament &c.
839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view
with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; nil admirari[Lat],
disvalue[obs3]; improbate[obs3].
frown upon, look grave; bend the brows, knit the brows;
shake the head at, shrug the shoulders; turn up the nose &c. (contempt)
930; look askance, look black upon; look with an evil eye; make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at; set one's face against.
dispraise, discommend[obs3], disparage; deprecate,
speak ill of, not speak well of; condemn &c. (find guilty) 971.
blame; lay blame upon, cast blame upon; censure, fronder[Fr],
reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn.
remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate.
reprehend, chide, admonish; berate, betongue[obs3];
bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals,
call to order; take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book; read a lesson,
read a lecture to; rebuke, correct.
reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce,
trim, laver la tete[Fr], overhaul; give it one, give it one finely; gibbet.
accuse &c. 938; impeach, denounce; hold up to
reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize;
show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue
and cry against.
execrate &c. 908; exprobate[obs3], speak daggers,
vituperate; abuse, abuse like a pickpocket; scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid,
fall foul of; jaw; rail, rail at, rail in good set terms; bark at; anathematize,
call names; call by hard names, call by ugly names; avile|, revile; vilify,
vilipend[obs3]; bespatter; backbite; clapperclaw[obs3]; rave against, thunder
against, fulminate against; load with reproaches.
exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against,
declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against.
decry; cry down, run down, frown down; clamor, hiss,
hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist; draw up a round robin, sign a round robin.
animadvert upon, reflect upon; glance at; cast reflection,
cast reproach, cast a slur upon; insinuate, damn with faint praise; "hint
a fault and hesitate dislike"; not to be able to say much for.
scoff at, point at; twit, taunt &c. (disrespect)
929; sneer at &c. (despise) 230; satirize, lampoon; defame &c.
(detract) 934; depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up; pull to
pieces, pick to pieces; take exception; cavil; peck at, nibble at, carp
at; be censorious &c. adj.; pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in
one's coat; make a fuss about.
take down, take down a peg, set down; snub, snap one
up, give a rap on the knuckles; throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's
garden; have a
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.
have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858. fling, have a snap at; have
words with, pluck a crow with; give one a wipe, give one a lick with the
rough side of the tongue.
incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock,
revolt; get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come
under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame, stand corrected; have to answer for.
Adj. disapproving &c.v.; scandalized.
disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory[obs3], denunciatory,
reproachful, abusive, objurgatory[obs3], clamorous, vituperative; defamatory
&c. 934.
satirical, sarcastic, sardonic, cynical, dry, sharp,
cutting, biting, severe, withering, trenchant, hard upon; censorious, critical,
captious, carping, hypercritical; fastidious &c. 868; sparing of praise,
grudging praise.
disapproved, chid &c.v.; in bad odor, blown upon,
unapproved; unblest[obs3]; at a discount, exploded; weighed in the balance
and found wanting.
blameworthy, reprehensible &c. (guilt) 947; to
blame, worthy of blame; answerable, uncommendable, exceptionable, not to
be thought of; bad &c. 649; vicious &c. 945.
unlamented, unbewailed[obs3], unpitied[obs3].
Adv. with a wry face; reproachfully &c. adj.
Int. it is too bad! it won't do, it will never do!
marry come up! Oh! come! 'sdeath!
forbid it Heaven! God forbid, Heaven forbid! out upon,
fie upon it! away with! tut! O tempora[obs3]! O mores! Shame! fie, fie
for shame! out on you!
tell it not in Gath!
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Detraction.
N. detraction, disparagement, depreciation, vilification,
obloquy, scurrility, scandal, defamation, aspersion, traducement, slander,
calumny, obtrectation[obs3], evil-speaking, backbiting, scandalum magnatum[Lat].
personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique
scandaleuse[Fr]; roorback [U.S.].
V. desire; wish, wish for; be desirous &c. adj.
have a longing &c. n.; hope &c. 858.
sarcasm, cynicism; criticism (disapprobation) 932;
invective &c. 932; envenomed tongue; spretae injuria formae[Lat].
personality, libel, lampoon, skit, pasquinade; chronique
scandaleuse[Fr]; roorback [U.S.].
detractor &c. 936.
V. detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate,
disparage; run down, cry down; backcap [obs3][U.S.]; belittle; sneer at
&c. (contemn) 930; criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's
coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify,
vilipend[obs3]; avile|; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake;
backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false
witness against; speak ill of behind one's back.
fling dirt &c. (disrespect) 929; anathematize
&c. 932; dip the pen in gall, view in a bad light.
impugn[disparage the motives of]; assail, attack &c.
716; oppose &c. 708; denounce, accuse &c. 938.
Adj. detracting &c.v.; defamatory, detractory[obs3],
derogatory, deprecatory; catty; disparaging, libelous; scurrile, scurrilous;
abusive; foul-spoken, foul-tongued, foul-mouthed; slanderous; calumnious,
calumniatory[obs3]; sarcastic, sardonic; sarcastic, satirical, cynical.
critical &c. 932.
Phr. "damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer;
and without sneering, teach the rest to sneer" [Pope]; another lie nailed
to the counter; "cut men's throats with whisperings" [B. Jonson]; "foul
whisperings are abroad" "soft-buzzing slander" [Macbeth][Thomson]; "virtue
itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes" [Hamlet].
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