multiple personality

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. a rare disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual.

multiple personality

noun

1. psychiatry a mental disorder in which an individual's personality appears to have become separated into two or more distinct personalities, each with its own complex organization Nontechnical namesplit personality

Word History and Origins

Origin of multiple personality¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

“D.I.D. used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder,” Palmer tells me.

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But what to do in an age of fashion that suffers from a multiple personality disorder?

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Under hypnotism it was discovered to be a case of multiple personality.

From Project Gutenberg

An artist is a multiple personality; with each picture he paints he seeks a new inspiration.

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It was such phenomena in part that led psychologists of a generation ago to construct the theory of "multiple personality."

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But we do find in real life cases of dissociation of the personality, also called cases of double or multiple personality.

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And what must we think of the strange facts of multiple personality?

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