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Definition of Persona

1. Noun. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play. "She played the part of Desdemona"

2. Noun. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world. "A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"

Definition of Persona

1. n. Same as Person, n., 8.

Definition of Persona

1. Noun. A social role. ¹

2. Noun. A character played by an actor. ¹

3. Noun. (psychology) The mask or appearance one presents to the world. ¹

4. Noun. (computing) A type of skin used in Mozilla software. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Persona

1. a character in a literary work [n -NAE] / the public role that a person assumes [n -S]

Medical Definition of Persona

1. Origin: L. Same as Person. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persona

persistingly persistive persists persnicketiness persnickety person person-to-person person-years person agreement person hour

person of color person of colour person of ordinary skill in the art person of size person to person epidemic persona (current term) persona grata persona non grata personability personable

personableness personably personae personae non gratae personage personages personal-computer personal-pronoun personal appeal

Literary usage of Persona

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1921)
"Formerly the rule prevailed everywhere that an enemy subject had no persona standi in judicio, and Territory. '-fJJ j- • Enemy was therefore, ipso facto by ..."

2. Journal of Theological Studies (1903)
"TERTULLIAN'S USE OF SUBSTANTIA, NATURA, AND persona. IN a notice in the JOURNAL (vol. iii p. 291) of my inquiry into the meaning of Homoousios in the ..."

3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"might possibly be a dull companion ; but, on the other hand, she thought that most persona were dull, that she had not observed husbands to be companions, ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1910)
"And so when the word persona became a legal term it had a correspondingly ... Accordingly, persona is a favorite expression for plaintiff and defendant; ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"... heir as persona dc- signata. [ »300 ] WRIGHT v. ATKYNS. A PETITION of Appeal was presented from the Decree (87), pronounced at the Rolls, declaring, ..."

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