Noun

(philosophy) The defining characteristic of the mental state of a person when deliberating about an intention.

* 1983', , '''''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 , , 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.

Noun

(personalities)

A set of qualities that make a person (or thing) distinct from another.

* (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

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

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}

An assumed role or manner of behavior.

A celebrity.

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 .

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

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Sharp personalities were exchanged.

* 1905 , ,

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

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

(Burrill)