persona¹ /pər-sōˈnə/

1. Jung's term for a person's system of adaptation to the world or manner assumed when dealing with it, involving the outermost part of the consciousness, the expression of the personality, masking one's inner thoughts and feelings, etc
2. Social facade or public image
3. A Roman actor's mask
4. A character in fiction, esp drama
5. A speaker in a poem

persona² /pər-sōnˈə or -a/ (Latin)

Person

persona grata /grāˈ, gräˈtə or -a/ noun

A person who is acceptable, liked, or favoured, esp one who is diplomatically acceptable to a foreign government (also used as adjective)

persona muta /mūˈtə or mooˈta/ noun

A character in an opera who neither speaks nor sings

persona non grata noun

The opposite of persona grata above

dramatis personae see under drama

in propria persona (LL)

/in prōˈpri-ə or proˈpri-a/ in person

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