persona
- noun
- /pərˈsoʊnə/
- Specialized
- The artist's persona in interviews often reflects a playful and charming character.
- a public persona
- persona and ego
- one's own persona
How similar is that persona with his real life one?
- How similar is that persona with his real life one?
- I almost couldn't believe it because his persona is so mild.
- And so we go through life with this dichotomy of persona and shadow.
- So you'd rather be a persona in a crowd than yourself on your own?
- It it must be difficult to have your entire public persona get dragged.
- And he, his delivery and persona remind me a little bit of Russell Brand.
- OK, so Jack Benny's public persona was he was cheap.
- Yeah, but then I, I kind of realized that like I'm using this persona to be myself.
- And so I think we all have aspects of our persona that we can work on, right.
- Conservation is my job, my life, my whole persona.
- And, you know, my Stradman persona is an inflated version of myself.
- I feel like I can't be myself, that I have all these personas I have to show to other people.
- Like, like we have these different personas, right?
- It's the, I think where I've only seen his KSI persona arrogant way.
Examples
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And so we go through life with this dichotomy of persona and shadow.
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This is actually not at all the persona that he has projected.
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How similar is that persona with his real life one?
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Seems like a a lovely guy, you know, and the the persona is just that I think.
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I can change my looks and persona and become a kid star.
Fiction book (1998) -
And so I think we all have aspects of our persona that we can work on, right.
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My whole public life and persona.
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There is no center, and the person must rely on the persona developed to deal with others.
Academic text (1993) -
What is driving his online persona and that erratic behavior?
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You have this whole ambivalent vibe radiating from your persona.
Synonyms
The way people think about a person or company
Compounds
- Texting
A character a person plays as in video games that is different from their real life
- Offensive
A public image that challenges usual ideas about being a man or a woman
How Public
Surface Forms
Etymology
Persona comes from the Latin persona meaning 'mask' and is related to the English word person. In psychology a persona is the face or role you show to others, which may hide your true self.