split personality
noun
1
a
: schizophrenia
—not used technically
b
: multiple personality disorder
—not used technically
2
: a dual nature or character
a city with a split personality
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No one conveys the split personality that language proficiency can create more brilliantly than Sahar Bibiyan as Roya, who seems painfully shy when trying to speak English but proves the most forceful person in the room in Farsi.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
The former follows a man with a distinctively split personality, while the latter is about two sets of twins trying to find their other halves.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024
The Bush administration’s pro-democracy… Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror
During the war on terrorism, George W. Bush has shown a split personality on the promotion of democracy abroad.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The noise adds to the drama, as much psychological as physical, in a way no other road car can match, making for a dangerously charismatic split personality worth every one of its seven figures.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
The former follows a man with a distinctively split personality, while the latter is about two sets of twins trying to find their other halves.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024
The Bush administration’s pro-democracy… Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror
During the war on terrorism, George W. Bush has shown a split personality on the promotion of democracy abroad.
—Thomas Carothers, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
The noise adds to the drama, as much psychological as physical, in a way no other road car can match, making for a dangerously charismatic split personality worth every one of its seven figures.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Split personality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20personality. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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