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primary personality

primary personality In this historical usage, the primary personality is the person's ordinary, waking self.

In this historical usage, the primary personality is the person's ordinary, waking self. It is described as being unaware of what occurs in trance or in a split-off secondary self, and it may later make up explanations for actions or experiences it does not recognize as its own.