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Definition of personae - 6 dictionary results

Per⋅so⋅nae

  [per-soh-nee]
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–noun
a collection of poems (1926) by Ezra Pound.

per⋅so⋅na

  [per-soh-nuh]
–noun, plural -nae  [-nee] , -nas.
1. a person.
2. personae, the characters in a play, novel, etc.
3. the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author.
4. (in the psychology of C. G. Jung) the mask or façade presented to satisfy the demands of the situation or the environment and not representing the inner personality of the individual; the public personality (contrasted with anima ).
5. a person's perceived or evident personality, as that of a well-known official, actor, or celebrity; personal image; public role.
Origin:
1905–10; < L persōna mask, character. See person
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per·so·na   (pər-sō'nə)   
n.  

  1. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-nē) A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work.

  2. personae The characters in a dramatic or literary work.

  3. pl. personas The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.


[Latin persōna; see person.]
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Word Origin & History

persona 
1917, "outward or social personality," a Jungian psychology term, from L. persona "person" (see person). Used earlier (1909) by Ezra Pound in the sense "literary character representing voice of the author." Persona grata (1882) is from L.L., lit. "an acceptable person," originally applied to diplomatic representatives acceptable to the governments to which they were sent; persona non grata is attested from 1904 (pl. is personæ non gratæ).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: per·so·na
Pronunciation: p&r-'sO-n&, -"nä
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural personas
: anindividual'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 1
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persona per·so·na (pər-sō'nə)
n. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-nē)
The role that one assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or personality, as distinguished from the inner self.

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