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personal

adj
/ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/UK/ˈpɜɹ.sə.nəl/US/ˈpərsᵊ.nəl/

Etymology

From Middle English personal, personele, from Anglo-Norman personel, personal, personell, Old French personal, personel, from Late Latin persōnālis (“of a person, personly”), equivalent to person + -al. Doublet of personnel.

  1. derived from persōnālis
  2. derived from personal
  3. derived from personel
  4. derived from personal

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

  2. Of or pertaining to a particular person

    Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

    • personal values; personal desire
    • Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.

  3. Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy…

    Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

    • personal reasons
    • You can't read my diary—it is personal.
    • That's a very personal question.
  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. Intended for sexual use.

      • personal lubricant; personal massager

    2. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance

      Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

      • personal charms

    3. Done in person

      Done in person; without an intermediary.

      • a personal interview
      • a personal meeting
      • personal settings

    4. Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an…

      Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

      • personal reflections or remarks
      • Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.

    5. Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having…

      Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.

    6. Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.

      • a personal pronoun

    7. Denoting ownership.

      • one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle

    8. An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

    9. One's own property or asset

      • I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.

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Derived

antipersonal, bipersonal, depersonalize, depersonalization, extrapersonal, first-personal, fursonal, hyperpersonal, impersonal, interpersonal, intrapersonal, monopersonal, multipersonal, nonpersonal, nothing personal, overpersonalize, peripersonal, personal ad, personal advertisement, personal area network, personal assistant, personal attack, personal attacker, personal best, personal brand, personal capital, personal column, personal computer, personal conduct, personal covenant, personal crisis, personal data, personal dative, personal day, personal defence weapon, personal defence, personal defense weapon, personal development, personal digital assistant, personal effect · +81 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at personal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01personal02individual03physical04nature05art06production07forward08travel09journey

A definitional loop anchored at personal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at personal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA