different between intentionality vs personality

English

Etymology

intentional +? -ity

Pronunciation

Noun

intentionality (countable and uncountable, plural intentionalities)

1. the quality of being intentional
2. (philosophy) the characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word

   The naturalization of intentionality is an ongoing project in philosophy.

   • 1983, John R. Searle, Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind, page 1,

     As a preliminary formulation we might say: Intentionality is that property of many mental states and events by which they are directed at or about or of objects and states of affairs in the world.

   • 1986, Don Ihde, Experimental Phenomenology: An Introduction, page 23,

     For phenomenology, the central feature of experience is a structure called "intentionality," which correlates all things experienced with the mode of experience to which the experience is referenced.

   • 2001, Lois Bloom, Erin Tinker, Ellin Kofsky Scholnick, The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition, page 10,

     Causality in the Intentionality Model is in the agency of the child. It is the child who perceives, who apprehends, who constructs the intentional state, who acts to express it, and who interprets what others do (including what they say) to construct a new intentional state.

Antonyms

• unintentionality

Translations

English

Etymology

Coined between 1350 and 1400 as Middle English personalite, from Middle French [Term?], from Latin pers?n?lit?s.

Morphologically personal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s??næl?t?/, /-i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s??næl?ti/, [?p?s??næl??i]

Noun

personality (countable and uncountable, plural personalities)

1. (of people) A set of non-physical psychological and social qualities that make one person distinct from another.
   • c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church

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

2. (of inanimate or abstract things) A set of qualities that make something distinctive or interesting.

   His writing has a lot of personality.

   This functional concrete building lacks personality.

3. An assumed role or manner of behavior.

4. A celebrity, especially one with a strong media presence.

5. Charisma, or qualities that make a person stand out from the crowd.
   • 1959, Lloyd Price, “Personality”:

     But over and over / I´ll be a fool for you / 'cause you got personality.

6. Something said or written which refers to the person, conduct, etc., of some individual, especially something of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks.
   • 1905, O. Henry, "Telemachus, Friend"

     Perceiving that personalities were not out of order, I asked him what species of beast had long ago twisted and mutilated his left ear.

7. (law) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

Synonyms

• selfness

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??????? (p?sonariti)

Translations

References

Further reading

• "personality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 232.

Anagrams

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