Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The character represented by the voice of the speaker in a literary work.
- noun The characters in a dramatic or literary work.
- noun The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, same as
person , 8.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) Same as
person , n., 8.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
social role . - noun A
character played by anactor . - noun psychology The
mask orappearance one presents to the world. - noun computing A type of
skin used in Mozilla software.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- noun (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The first to use the term persona in a Trinitarian & christological context asserting in Adv.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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The first to use the term persona in a Trinitarian & christological context asserting in Adv.
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They used, in Latin, the term persona, which means ˜role™ but which was also used by the grammarians to distinguish what we call ˜first person, second person and third person™ pronouns and verb-forms.
Religion and Morality Hare, John 2006
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In a letter to a disciple, Sri Aurobindo wrote that "the very first step in getting out of the ignorance is to accept the fact that this outer consciousness is not one's soul, not oneself, not the real person, but only a temporary formation on the surface .... the outer personality is the person only in the sense of the Latin word persona which meant originally a mask."
One Cosmos 2008
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Most notably, they created what they called a persona book, with color pictures and background information on people.
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I think Isis has got something there - I've never felt discriminated against, but my 'persona' is very masculine.
Gender Discrimination: A Follow-Up Candid Engineer 2009
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Oh, how I loathed the old Donkey Kong ... but his new persona is quite cracking!
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The persona is one of graciousness and grace under pressure.
Beyonce is poised to take a well-deserved break in 2010 2010
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Given that your persona is rough and tough (I gleaned this from your frequent mentions of having been "in the can"), it's not so shocking that you're an action movie fan; but it is surprising that you frequently go to bat for women, picking up on gender issues that many reviewers might miss, especially ones trying to gain a female audience while still impressing adolescent fanboys.
Caroline Hagood: On Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer!, Movies, and Manhood Caroline Hagood 2010
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Oh, how I loathed the old Donkey Kong ... but his new persona is quite cracking!
asativum commented on the word persona
As distinct from personb.
April 27, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word persona
*laughing*
April 27, 2008