Multiple-personality


noun, Psychiatry.
1.
a rare disorder in which an individual displays several functionally dissociated personalities, each of a complexity comparable to that of a normal individual.
noun
1.
(psychiatry) a mental disorder in which an individual’s personality appears to have become separated into two or more distinct personalities, each with its own complex organization Nontechnical name split personality

multiple personality n.
A dissociative disorder in which two or more distinct personalities exist in the same person, each of which prevails at a particular time. Also called split personality.

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