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# personality

«personality» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **the kind of person you are: your character, the way you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a personality, personalities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#m1)

2) Personality means having a strong, lively, interesting character: "she has lots of personality". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#m2)

3) A personality is a famous person, especially from TV, radio or sport: "a TV personality". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Interpretation: Westcott links the Hebrew nefesh, "soul", to the living personality of a person or creature. In the primary lessons: In stories and English lessons, writers show a character's personality through what they say and do; pupils describe personalities with adjectives like brave, shy or bossy. In everyday life, pets and even places can be said to have personality. Phrases: strong personality, a TV personality, a sports personality, personality traits.

### examples

- Soul; the word is NPSh, which is commonly translated soul, meaning the living personality of man, animal or existing thing : it corresponds almost to the Theosophic Prana plus the stimulus of Kama. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x1)
- My dog has a big personality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x2)
- The twins look alike but have different personalities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x3)
- Describe the hero's personality in three words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x4)
- She has a cheerful personality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x5)
- He became a famous TV personality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x6)
- Our classroom has lots of personality with all our art on the walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x7)
- In youth one must mingle one's own personality with life, that they may become one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/#x8)

### note

Plural: personalities (y changes to ies). Personality is the whole character; a "personal" thing belongs to one person; "personnel" means staff — easy to confuse.

### In the corpora

- [Companies update their bots, so a bot's tone and "personality" can change.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/17/)
- [Foxes are clever, but crows, ravens and parrots solve puzzles that need several steps; cartoon personalities are made up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/17/)
- ["Has a nice personality" is often a sly way to say someone is not attractive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/17/)
- ["Strong personality" on a report often means bossy or defiant.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/21/)
- [Climate is the long average of weather over thirty years or more, the way your mood today differs from your whole personality.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «personality» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/personality/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.