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personas Definition


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persona
noun personae, personas
    1. A character in fiction, especially in a play or novel.
    2. In Jungian psychology: one's character as one presents it to the world, masking one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc. Compare anima. See also persona grata, persona non grata.
      Thesaurus: image, public face, façade, mask, role, part, character.
Etymology: Early 20c: Latin, meaning ‘an actor's mask'.



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