The phrase "personality defects" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an individual's negative traits or characteristics. For example: "John's boss noticed his personality defects, which included poor communication skills and stubbornness."
Perkins's argument that breeding out what he considers personality defects isn't eugenics because these are "environmental rather than genetic" traits doesn't seem to address ethical objections to eugenics.
After all, that one is mentally ill with an identifiable disease does not rule out personality defects of a different kind.
All Mr Reagan had to do during the 1980 presidential debates was to prove that he was not a trigger-happy lunatic.Mr Reagan was a true believer who lacked the usual personality defects of the type: a sectarian with an ecumenical style.
Jack's musical talent didn't outweigh his personality defects, and my buddy Marv soon replaced him.
Or so I thought, anyway, because in the wake of this reconfirmation of already-widely known facts about Trump's overflowing sack of indecencies and personality defects, many people ― many Republicans, anyway ― seem very taken aback that the man could have made the kind of remark that he is constantly making.
Additionally, the appearance of misalignment results in social prejudice - associating strabismus with personality defects and below average intelligence [ 1, 3].
I think he is a person who could be educated but he has some kind of personality defect that prevents him from being educated.
That's my personality defect".
And at certain points you feel he is simply a selfish twerp who uses his personality defect as an excuse for inflicting pain.
Yet with Rivaldo, the deception seemed to reflect a personality defect so prevalent that one Spanish writer said he had "a kind of autism".
Sometimes the sense that we are standing in the wrong place to see what's really happening turns out not to be a sad personality defect, but the truth.
