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PERSONA
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Irregular inflected form: personae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
Example:
a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
Synonyms:
image; persona
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("persona" is a kind of...):
appearance; visual aspect (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Domain category:
psychological science; psychology (the science of mental life)
Carl Gustav Jung; Carl Jung; Jung (Swiss psychologist (1875-1961))
Derivation:
personify (represent, as of a character on stage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An actor's portrayal of someone in a play
Example:
she played the part of Desdemona
Synonyms:
character; part; persona; role; theatrical role
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("persona" is a kind of...):
characterization; enactment; personation; portrayal (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "persona"):
bit part; minor role (a small role)
heavy (a serious (or tragic) role in a play)
hero (the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem)
ingenue (the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play)
name part; title role (the role of the character after whom the play is named)
heroine (the main good female character in a work of fiction)
baddie; villain (the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction)
Derivation:
impersonate (represent another person with comic intentions)
impersonate (assume or act the character of)
personify (represent, as of a character on stage)
