basic personality type

ba·sic per·son·al·i·ty type

1. a person's unique, covert, or underlying personality propensities, whether behaviorally manifest or overt; 2. personality characteristics of an individual person that are also shared by most members of a social group.

ba·sic per·son·al·i·ty type

(bā'sik pĕr-sŏn-al'i-tē tīp) 1. A person's unique, covert, or underlying personality propensities, whether behaviorally manifest or overt. 2. Personality characteristics of a person that are also shared by a majority of the members of a social group.