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personality type

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noun

  1. psychol a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Lorna Rooke's colleague took a Star Wars-themed personality type test on her behalf, with it concluding that Ms Rooke fell into the Darth Vader category.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

Mitchell, best known for his work on “Peep Show,” is both extraordinarily entertaining and moving in his performance of true introversion, a personality type that’s only recently become more commonly understood.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025

Keying in on personality type may sound difficult, but the researchers also found some clues as to how to pinpoint the wanderers and homebodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024

“I’m able to identify somebody’s personality type and gear the teaching accordingly,” Makowsky said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023

By Loeb’s reckoning, Livingston was a personality type destined to occupy an uneasy limbo within this continuum.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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