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  • 21Split personality — Multiple personality disorder, a neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the other parts. * * * split… …

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  • 22multiple personality disorder — noun Date: 1901 a hysterical neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more distinct but complex and socially and behaviorally integrated parts each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the… …

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  • 23multiple personality disorder — n a dissociative disorder that is characterized by the presence of two or more distinct and complex identities or personality states each of which becomes dominant and controls behavior from time to time to the exclusion of the others abbr. MPD… …

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  • 24multiple personality disorder — a supposed psychiatric disorder (the vast majority of psychiatrists deny its existence) in which the affected person has two or more distinct, and often contrasting, personalities. As each personality assumes dominance, it determines attitudes… …

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  • 25multiple personality disorder — a psychiatric disorder in which the affected person has two or more distinct, and often contrasting, personalities. As each personality assumes dominance, it determines attitudes and behaviour and usually appears to be unaware of the other… …

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  • 26multiple personality disorder — n. a dissociative mental disorder characterized by the existence in a person of two or more distinct, independent personalities, any of which may control behavior while being unaware of the other personalities and their memories and experiences:… …

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  • 27multiple personality — noun A dissociative disorder in which several distinct identities or personality states alternate in controlling the sufferers consciousness and behaviour Syn: dissociative identity disorder …

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  • 28dis|so|ci|at|ed personality — «dih SOH shee AY tihd», Psychology. a pathological state of the mind in which two or more distinct personalities exist in the same person …

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  • 29multiple-personality disorder — noun Psychology a rare dissociative disorder in which two or more personalities with distinct memories and behaviour patterns apparently exist in one individual …

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  • 30The Blessed Trinity —     The Blessed Trinity     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Blessed Trinity     This article is divided as follows:          I. Dogma of the Trinity;     II. Proof of the Doctrine from Scripture;     III. Proof of the Doctrine from Tradition;… …

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