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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In execution, however, the film exhibits something of a split personality by awkwardly moving between cutesy soap operatic romance and an unsparing, oft-devastating portrait of the myriad hurdles facing foreign workers.
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
For the last several weeks, Alexei Navalny has been a man living with a split personality.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2013
What happens next doesn’t make that much logical or emotional sense: his fans are disappointed in him for admitting that the Joker is not a split personality.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Arthur’s attorney pursues an insanity defense, positing that Arthur has a split personality and that Joker is another entity that lives inside his head.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
For the last several weeks, Alexei Navalny has been a man living with a split personality.
—Joshua Yaffa, Foreign Affairs, 25 July 2013
What happens next doesn’t make that much logical or emotional sense: his fans are disappointed in him for admitting that the Joker is not a split personality.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
Arthur’s attorney pursues an insanity defense, positing that Arthur has a split personality and that Joker is another entity that lives inside his head.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Split personality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20personality. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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