MULTIPLE PERSONALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiple personality mean? 

• MULTIPLE PERSONALITY (noun)
  The noun MULTIPLE PERSONALITY has 1 sense:

1. a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLE PERSONALITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLE PERSONALITY (noun)

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Meaning:

A relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

multiple personality; split personality

Hypernyms ("multiple personality" is a kind of...):

dissociative disorder (dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down)