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split personality

1. the tendency to change rapidly in mood or temperament

2. a nontechnical term for multiple personality

split personality [′split ‚pər·sə′nal·əd·ē]

(psychology)

The condition in which there is a separation of various components of the normal personality unit, and each component functions as an independent entity.

Split Personality

Haller, Harry

middle-aged man battles two selves. [Ger. Lit.: Steppenwolf]

Jekyll, Dr., and Mr

. Hyde upright physician reduced to animality by potion. [Br. Lit.: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]

Three Faces of Eve, The

story of woman with three distinct personalities. [Am. Cinema: Bawden, 757 (Woodward, Joanne)]

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