split personality
Americannoun
noun
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the tendency to change rapidly in mood or temperament
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a nontechnical term for multiple personality
Etymology
Origin of split personality
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Created by Ben Watkins, the series is solidly made and stylistically straightforward but does suffer a bit from its split personality.
From Los Angeles Times
The Captain is a split personality in other ways.
From Los Angeles Times
In grappling with her California split personality, Harris said she coined a term to describe herself: “Sangeleno,” a hybrid identifier combining San Francisco and Los Angeles that does not appear destined to catch on.
From Los Angeles Times
Because of the derivation of the term and because it literally meant "split," people decided schizophrenia meant split personality.
From Salon
The hall of mirrors, the split personality, the hidden life.
From New York Times
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