persona — the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others
Pronunciation (IPA): /pərˈsoʊnə/
Example Sentences
- The shy student developed a confident online persona that had thousands of followers.
- His cooking show persona involves wearing a pink apron and talking to vegetables.
- She maintains different personas for work, family, and social media.
persona
NOUN[/pərˈsoʊnə/]
the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others
The exhausted streamer held up a bright, smiling plastic mask to the camera to maintain her energetic online persona.
PER(through) + SON(sound) — a persona was originally an ancient stage mask that an actor's sound traveled directly through.
The greedy building owner posed as a generous charity donor, holding up a fake angel mask to build a kind public persona.
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🌳Etymology
Origin
The word derives from Latin 'persona', which originally referred to the theatrical masks worn by actors in ancient Roman drama. Through these masks, performers embodied different characters on stage, and the term gradually extended to mean the character or role itself.
Breakdown
The word is a simple Latin noun 'persona' (mask, character) with no productive morphological breakdown, as it is an indivisible etymon rather than a compound of productive morphemes.
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📝Examples
“The shy student developed a confident online persona that had thousands of followers.”
“His cooking show persona involves wearing a pink apron and talking to vegetables.”
“She maintains different personas for work, family, and social media.”
“The celebrity's friendly TV persona completely disappeared when the cameras stopped rolling.”
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