personality inventory

noun

: any of several tests that attempt to characterize the personality of an individual by objective scoring of replies to a large number of questions concerning his or her own behavior compare minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

Examples of personality inventory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Participants looked at composite face images created from using images of individuals with extremely high or low scores on personality inventories, and participants were asked to guess which face had more of a particular trait. —Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025

The first of the three assessments, the personality inventory, is what Hogan calls the bright side assessment. —Trey Williams, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2023

Participants completed an online questionnaire and rated 24 different paintings before filling out a personality inventory that related back to the Big Five Model. —Brianna Randall, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2021

Holle and his colleagues measured this and other personality traits using a test called the Big Five personality inventory. —Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2012

How might narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths stack up on this kind of personality inventory? —Talkspace, Teen Vogue, 23 Oct. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for personality inventory

• accusatory
• admonitory
• ambulatory
• amendatory
• celebratory
• circulatory
• combinatory
• commendatory
• compensatory
• condemnatory
• confirmatory
• confiscatory

Medical Definition

personality inventory

noun

: any of several tests that attempt to characterize the personality of an individual by objective scoring of replies to a large number of questions concerning the individual's behavior and attitudes see minnesota multiphasic personality inventory