persona
noun /pəˈsəʊnə/
/pərˈsəʊnə/
(plural personae
(formal) /pəˈsəʊnaɪ/
/pərˈsəʊni/
, personas)- 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.
- It is the work that is important, not the persona of the artist.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPersona is used after these nouns:- screen
- stage
Word Originearly 20th cent.: Latin, literally ‘mask, character played by an actor’.