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persona

(pəʳsoʊnə)
Word forms: plural personas, plural personae (pəʳsoʊnaɪ)
1. countable noun
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.
[formal]
...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.
From time to time he will take on a new persona.
Synonyms: personality, part, face, front [informal] More Synonyms of persona
2.  See also persona non grata

persona in British English

(pɜːˈsəʊnə)
nounWord forms: plural -nae (-niː)
1. (often plural)
a character in a play, novel, etc
2. 
an assumed identity or character
3. 
(in Jungian psychology) the mechanism that conceals a person's true thoughts and feelings, esp in his or her adaptation to the outside world
Word origin
Latin: mask

persona in American English

(pərˈsoʊnə)
nounWord forms: plural perˈsonae (pərˈsoʊni) or perˈsonas
1.  [pl.]
the characters of a drama, novel, etc.
2.  Psychology
the outer personality or facade presented to others by an individual
Word origin
L: see person

Examples of 'persona' in a sentence
persona

He had already adopted a very different persona from that of a warden.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He adopted a different persona for each of us.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Her interview does little to add to her public persona.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Maybe his anger is an adopted persona?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But the singer has said some of her behaviour is just a stage persona.
The Sun (2011)
No praise is too high for a man whose somewhat diffident public persona masks a character who is as tough as nails.
The Sun (2012)
That said, she is not a woman whose public persona does her any favours.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His public persona was impressive, but he emerges from this history as a flawed figure.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
To me, he said that the bubbly persona he adopts today is a bit of an act.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
When your public persona is more important than the facts, it makes it difficult to have a rational relationship.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
HIS public persona does not seem to be that of a romantic with a natural affinity with modern technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You will also discover a new side of yourself, for you adopt a slightly different persona when you speak a foreign language.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With the cameras off, he was engaging, but his public persona was stiff.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
His mild manner is far from the high-pitched, grating insistence of his stage persona.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The great integrity that meant that when the red light went on he didn't have to change into a public persona, as some performers do.
Chris Gidney CELEBRATING SECOMBE: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2002)

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persona

British English: persona NOUN
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.
...the contradictions between her private life and the public persona.
  • American English: persona
  • Brazilian Portuguese: personalidade
  • Chinese: > 表面形象同本人真实品性不一致的
  • European Spanish: imagen
  • French: personnage
  • German: Persona
  • Italian: personaggio
  • Japanese: >人物像表向きの
  • Korean: 외양
  • European Portuguese: personalidade
  • Latin American Spanish: imagen

(noun) 
Definition
the personality that a person adopts and presents to other people
the contradictions between her private life and her public persona
Synonyms
personality
part
the actor who played the part of the doctor in the soap
face
front (informal)
a front for crime syndicates
role
Shakespearean women's roles
character
He plays the film's central character.
mask
His mask cracked, and she saw an angry and violent man.
façade
At work they hid their dislike of each other behind a façade of cheerfulness.
public face
assumed role

Additional synonyms

in the sense of character
Definition
a person represented in a play, film, or story
He plays the film's central character.
Synonyms
role,
part,
persona
in the sense of façade
At work they hid their dislike of each other behind a façade of cheerfulness.
Synonyms
show,
front,
appearance,
mask,
exterior,
guise,
pretence,
veneer,
semblance
in the sense of front
Definition
a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
a front for crime syndicates
Synonyms
disguise,
cover,
screen,
blind,
mask,
cover-up,
cloak,
façade,
pretext

Nearby words of
persona

  • persistent
  • persistently
  • person
  • persona
  • personable
  • personage
  • personal

Synonyms of 'persona'

persona

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of mask
Definition
behaviour that hides one's true feelings
His mask cracked, and she saw an angry and violent man.
Synonyms
façade,
disguise,
show,
front (informal),
cover,
screen,
blind,
cover-up,
veil,
cloak,
guise,
camouflage,
veneer,
semblance,
concealment
in the sense of part
Definition
an actor's role in a play
the actor who played the part of the doctor in the soap
Synonyms
role,
representation,
persona,
portrayal,
depiction,
character part
in the sense of role
Definition
an actor's part in a production
Shakespearean women's roles
Synonyms
part,
character,
representation,
portrayal,
impersonation
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