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• his wife has a strong personality.
• the children all have very different personalities.
• he maintained order by sheer force of personality.
• there are likely to be tensions and personality clashes in any social group.

personality

1. the various aspects of a person’s character that combine to make them different from other people
• His wife has a strong personality.
• The children all have very different personalities.
• He maintained order by sheer force of personality.
• There are likely to be tensions and personality clashes in any social group.
• People’s clothes are often an expression of their personality.
2. the qualities of a person’s character that make them interesting and attractive
• We need someone with lots of personality to head the project.
• She was very beautiful but seemed to lack personality.
3. a famous person, especially one who works in entertainment or sport
• synonym celebrity
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/celebrity
• personalities from the world of music
• a TV/sports personality
4. a person whose strong character makes them noticeable
• Their son is a real personality.
5. the qualities of a place or thing that make it interesting and different
• synonym character
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/character
• The problem with many modern buildings is that they lack personality.

Extra Examples

• All candidates have to undergo a personality test.
• Barbara is/has a very forceful personality.
• For the first time she was seeing the more unpleasant aspects of her husband’s personality.
• From your personality profile, it seems you’re interested in politics.
• He developed a split personality after the crash.
• He had no screen presence and lacked any real personality.
• He has achieved success by the sheer strength of his personality.
• His choice of clothes reflects his personality.
• Interesting displays can add personality to your store window.
• She has brought out her husband’s personality since their relationship began.
• She manages to project a very distinct personality.
• She stamped her personality on the company.
• The events of her early life shaped her personality.
• The job didn’t really suit my personality.
• There was a personality clash between two members of the committee.
• a broadcast network with well-known on-air personalities
• a troubled man who had a vulnerable personality
• her amiable nature and easy-going personality
• personality conflicts between a faculty member and a student
• the personality cult surrounding Stalin
• He has the presence and personality to hold audiences spellbound.
• Her clothes reflect her lively personality.
• In a viewers’ poll he was voted TV Personality of the Year.
• People’s clothes are often an expression of their personality.
• She was beautiful but seemed to lack personality.
• Various personalities from the world of music were invited.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (referring to the fact of being a person rather than an animal or thing): from Old French personalite, from medieval Latin personalitas, from Latin personalis ‘of a person’, from persona ‘actor's mask, character in a play’, later ‘human being’. Senses (1) and (2) date from the late 18th cent.