SPLIT PERSONALITY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

multiple personality; split personality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

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