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Definition of persona noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

persona

noun
 
/pəˈsəʊnə/
 
/pərˈsəʊnə/
(plural personae
 
/pəˈsəʊnaɪ/
 
/pərˈsəʊni/
, personas)
(formal)
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  1. 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.
    see also dramatis personae
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPersona is used after these nouns:
    • screen
    • stage
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    Word Originearly 20th cent.: Latin, literally ‘mask, character played by an actor’.
See persona in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee persona in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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