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personality inventory

noun

, Psychology.
  1. a questionnaire designed to measure personality types or characteristics.


personality inventory

noun

  1. psychol a form of personality test in which the subject answers questions about himself. The results are used to determine dimensions of personality, such as extroversion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of personality inventory1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Might this augur an end to Myers-Briggs and other personality inventories?

The H factor is included in a free online personality inventory they developed.

They explored who they were and learned more about their cottage mates through personality inventories, something they wish they had known more about earlier in their lives.

A well-designed personality inventory alone — the kind of detailed questionnaire used by many employers —probably would have flagged traits that diverged dramatically from the standard profile of a pilot: emotionally stable, resilient and self-disciplined.

A personality inventory questionnaire at one employer apparently questioned whether he possessed healthy emotions.

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