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persona
 
SYLLABICATION:per·so·na
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-sn
NOUN:1. Inflected forms: pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-n)
A voice or character representing the speaker in a literary work. 2. personae The characters in a dramatic or literary work. 3. Inflected forms: 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin persna. See person.
 
 
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