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PERSONA

\pɜːsˈə͡ʊnə], \pɜːsˈə‍ʊnə], \p_ɜː_s_ˈəʊ_n_ə]\

Definitions of PERSONA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Same as Person, n., 8.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Same as Person, n., 8.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

p[.e]r-s[=o]'na, n. a person.--PERSONA GRATA, a person who is acceptable to those to whom he is sent.--DRAMATIS PERSONÃ†, the characters in a play or story. [L.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Person, as: p. grata, acceptable person; IN propria persona. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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