split personality

Noun

Meaning

split personality (plural split personalities)

(psychology, slang) dissociative identity disorder.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

proteus paranoia bipolar disorder schizophrenia Jekyll and Hyde personality disorder schizothymia dementia praecox multiple personality dissociative identity disorder

Hypernyms

dissociative disorder

Examples

They have [...] a split personality. One moment they're your best mate, and next they are trying to drag you down to the bottom of the sea to drown you. [...] It's just astonishing. Lewis Pugh

There's this whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl. Kate Pierson

My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken birdcages. The other half is very Aztec. Neon ikat fabric pillows, vintage books piled up to the ceiling, and shutters from Bali. Poppy Delevingne

Dan Coleman, then the FBI's top al-Qaeda analyst, told a senior bureau official, "This guy is insane, certifiable, split personality." Source: Internet

Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht 's The Seven Deadly Sins This work satirized capitalism and its painful abuses as its central character, the victim of a split personality, travels to seven different cities in search of money for her family. Source: Internet

Can the war between recover from their split personality disorder? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

split on a rock split one's sides split pea split pin split pot split prone