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noun
- 1. the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others: "her public persona has been sold to millions of women as the ideal"
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PERSONA definition: 1. the particular type of character that a person seems to have and that is often different from…. Learn more.
1. : a character assumed by an author in a written work. 2. a. plural personas [New Latin, from Latin] : an individual's social facade or front that especially in the analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung reflects the role in life the individual is playing compare anima. b.
the particular type of character that a person seems to have and that is often different from their real or private character: He had a shy, retiring side to his personality that was completely at odds with his public persona. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Mind and personality. -heartedly. -heartedness. alexithymia. allism. allistic.
Your persona is the public image you present to the world. When T.S. Eliot wrote in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" about preparing "a face to meet the faces that you meet," he had the persona in mind.
Someone's persona is the aspect of their character or nature that they present to other people, perhaps in contrast to their real character or nature.
n. 1. pl. personas The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self. 2. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-nē) The character represented by the voice of the speaker or narrator in a literary work.
A persona is the image or personality that a person presents in public or in a specific setting—as opposed to their true self. The word is especially used in the phrase public persona , referring to the personality that a person presents in public and that they are known for by most people.
PERSONA definition: the way your character seems to other people: . Learn more.
noun. /pəˈsəʊnə/ /pərˈsəʊnə/ (plural personae. /pəˈsəʊnaɪ/ /pərˈsəʊni/ , personas) (formal) the aspects of a person’s character that they show to other people, especially when their real character is different. His public persona is quite different from the family man described in the book.
Definition of Persona. The term persona has been derived from the Latin word persona, which means “the mask of an actor,” and is therefore etymologically linked to the dramatis personae, which refers to the list of characters and cast in a play or a drama. It is also known as a “theatrical mask.”
