Meaning

1 senses
  1. A dissociative disorder in which several distinct identities or personality states alternate in controlling the sufferer's consciousness and behaviour

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

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He suffers from multiple personality disorder.

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  2. Ziri has multiple personalities.

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  3. I'd rather have a multiple-personality disorder than -- er, umm, hello, my name is Gunter.

    deEine multiple Persönlichkeitsstörung ist mir lieber als ... Äh, ähm. Hallo! Ich heiße Günther.

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Forms

plural: multiple personalities

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge:split personality

See also

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