personality

1、personality 个性：底子拉丁 persona 原指演员戴的面具，先指台上演的角色，再指这个人，加 -ality 变「作为一个人的那套特质」。
2、同支：personal 个人的、parson 牧师(来自 persona ecclesiae，教会那张脸)。
3、别拆 per + son + ra + tle，词里没有儿子：把面具错当成小孩站在台上，是原来那条记忆法编的。

personality 个性，特征

来自personal,个人的。引申词义个性，特征。

personality (n.)

late 14c., "quality or fact of being a person," from Medieval Latin personalitatem (nominative personalitas), from Late Latin personalis (see personal). Sense of "a distinctive character" is first recorded 1795, from French personnalité.

Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being. It is an act of courage flung in the face of life, the absolute affirmation of all that constitutes the individual, the most successful adaptation to the universal conditions of existence, coupled with the greatest possible freedom of self-determination. [C.G. Jung, "The Development of Personality," 1932]

Meaning "person whose character stands out from that of others" is from 1889. Personality cult is attested from 1956.

1. They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.

这些事情证明了他非凡的人格魅力。

2. The individual's whole personality appears to be permanently warped.

这个人的整个人格似乎被永远地扭曲了。

3. He is such a personality— he is so funny.

他很有个性魅力——非常风趣。

4. He is sharp and manipulative with a strong personality.

他个性很强，为人精明且爱指使人。

5. She tried hard to slough off her old personality.

她努力告别从前的个性。

【nature, complexion, personality, disposition, character, temper】
这组词都有“性格、气质、性情、习性”的意思，其区别是：
nature: 指天生的、不可改变性格。
complexion: 指由思维方式、态度和情绪所决定的本质特征。
personality: 主要指一个人稳定的心理特征。
disposition: 书面用词，指人的主要爱好或思想、精神方面的重要习性、气质。也可指短暂的情绪。
character: 指对个性或人格所作出的客观评价，常常与道德有关。
temper: 指从感情方面体现出来，决定处理问题或应付形势的方式的性格或性情，这种性情可以是暂时的也可以长久的。