different between personality vs mannerism

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

• antileprosy, ponytailers

English

Etymology 1

manner +? -ism

Noun

mannerism (plural mannerisms)

1. A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
2. Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.

Translations

References

• APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007

Etymology 2

From Italian manierismo, from maniera, coined by L. Lanzi at the end of the XVIII century.

Alternative forms

• Mannerism

Noun

mannerism (countable and uncountable, plural mannerisms)

1. (art, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
2. (art, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.