split personality

Example Sentences

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“I walked out understanding that this was the split personality of my life,” Newsom writes in “Young Man in a Hurry.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Because of the derivation of the term and because it literally meant "split," people decided schizophrenia meant split personality.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2023

The hall of mirrors, the split personality, the hidden life.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023

Golden State developed a split personality as it proceeded in fits and starts, displaying the pride and potency that marked its dynasty years and a baffling new alter ego that seemed scattered and, frankly, mediocre.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023

“He’s got a split personality when he puts on that helmet.”

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger