PERSONA


Meaning of PERSONA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pər-ˈsō-nə, -ˌnä ]

noun

( plural per·so·nae -(ˌ)nē, -ˌnī ; or personas )

Etymology: Latin

Date: 1909

1. : a character assumed by an author in a written work

2.

a. plural personas

[New Latin, from Latin]

: an individual's social facade or front that especially in the analytic psychology of C. G. Jung reflects the role in life the individual is playing — compare anima

b. : the personality that a person (as an actor or politician) projects in public : image

3. plural personae : a character in a fictional presentation (as a novel or play) — usually used in plural

comic personae

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.