Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Personality \Per`son*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Personalities}. [Cf. F.
   personnalit['e]. Cf. {Personality}.]
   1. That which constitutes distinction of person;
      individuality.

            Personality is individuality existing in itself, but
            with a nature as a ground.            --Coleridge.

   2. Something said or written which refers to the person,
      conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of
      a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as,
      indulgence in personalities.

            Sharp personalities were exchanged.   --Macaulay.

   3. (Law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition,
      state, and capacity of persons. --Burrill.