英単語

personalityの意味・使い方・発音

personality

英 [pɜːsə'nælɪtɪ] 美 [,pɝsə'næləti]
  • n.人格; 性格; 有名人

語源


個性 個性,特征

personal、個人から。個性から派生した。

英語の語源


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.

例文


1. They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality .
これらのことは彼の非凡な人格的魅力を証明している。

2.The individual 's whole personality appears to be permanently warped.
この人の人格全体は永遠に歪められているようだ。

3.He is such a personality —he is so funny.
彼は個性的で魅力的で、とても面白い。

4.He is sharp and manipulative with a strong personality .
彼は個性が強く、頭が良く、人を指図するのが好きだ。

5.She tried hard to slough off her old personality .
彼女は昔の個性に別れを告げるために努力した。

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