personal identity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: personal identity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for personal identity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
personal identity n the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join the army" Synonym(s): identity, personal identity, individuality
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Personal \Per"son*al\, a. [L. personalis: cf. F. personnel.] 1. Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things. Every man so termed by way of personal difference. --Hooker. 2. Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire. The words are conditional, -- If thou doest well, -- and so personal to Cain. --Locke. 3. Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms. --Addison. 4. Done in person; without the intervention of another. [bd]Personal communication.[b8] --Fabyan. The immediate and personal speaking of God. --White. 5. Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks. 6. (Gram.) Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun. {Personal action} (Law), a suit or action by which a man claims a debt or personal duty, or damages in lieu of it; or wherein he claims satisfaction in damages for an injury to his person or property, or the specific recovery of goods or chattels; -- opposed to real action. {Personal equation}. (Astron.) See under {Equation}. {Personal estate} [or] {property} (Law), movables; chattels; -- opposed to real estate or property. It usually consists of things temporary and movable, including all subjects of property not of a freehold nature. {Personal identity} (Metaph.), the persistent and continuous unity of the individual person, which is attested by consciousness. {Personal pronoun} (Gram.), one of the pronouns {I}, {thou}, {he}, {she}, {it}, and their plurals. {Personal representatives} (Law), the executors or administrators of a person deceased. {Personal rights}, rights appertaining to the person; as, the rights of a personal security, personal liberty, and private property. {Personal tithes}. See under {Tithe}. {Personal verb} (Gram.), a verb which is modified or inflected to correspond with the three persons.