personality

Thân thiện

A talk show host interviews a famous personality about her new film.

Definition

Noun: 1. The distinctive qualities, traits, and patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that characterize an individual. This refers to the unique psychological makeup of a person. 2. A person of prominence or notability, especially in a specific field such as entertainment, sports, or public life.

Usage and Examples

• Meaning 1 (Individual's Character):
  • Her friendly and outgoing personality makes her very popular.
  • The job requires someone with a strong personality who can handle pressure.
  • Their different reactions reflected their very different personalities.
• Meaning 2 (Notable Person):
  • She is a famous television personality.
  • Several well-known personalities from the sports world attended the event.

Advanced Usage

• "Personality clash": A situation where two people find it difficult to work or be together because their personalities are incompatible.
  • The project failed due to a personality clash between the two managers.
• "Cult of personality": Excessive public admiration for a famous person, especially a political leader, promoted through propaganda.
  • The regime was maintained through a powerful cult of personality surrounding the dictator.

Variants and Related Words

• Personable (adjective): Having a pleasant and likable manner or appearance.
  • He's a very personable and effective salesman.
• Personalism (noun): A philosophical doctrine emphasizing the reality and value of the human person.
• Personality Disorder (noun): A type of mental disorder characterized by rigid and unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning, and behaving.

Synonyms

• For Meaning 1: Character, nature, disposition, temperament, identity.
• For Meaning 2: Celebrity, public figure, notable, star, luminary.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Force of personality": The power of someone's character to influence others.
  • He leads more through sheer force of personality than through formal authority.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person of considerable prominence
   • she is a Hollywood personality
2. 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