Definitions for persona

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persona per·so·na

Spelling: [per-soh-nuh]

IPA: /pərˈsoʊ nə/

Persona is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 319 anagrams from letters in persona (aenoprs).

Definitions for persona

noun

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.
6. an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
7. a person who is not welcome: persona non grata
8. a diplomatic representative unacceptable to an accrediting government.

adverb

1. represented by oneself and not by an attorney. Abbreviation: in pro. per.

Origin of persona

First recorded in 1905-10, persona is from the Latin word persōna mask, character. See person

Examples for persona

Egypt expelled the Turkish ambassador last year, prompting Ankara to declare the Egyptian envoy in Turkey persona non grata.

He speaks of the benefit of joinder as derived from the persona of the grantor.

Yet they are, as Garcia says, “persona non grata on our own tribal land.”

Harvey attended the King to Oxford where he was at once received as a persona grata.

Indeed, in as much as clothes define us, Hurley had the strange distinction of having her persona defined by a dress.

I may have been persona non grata, but, if so, she did not express her feeling.

Two of the biggest of those, Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, are currently persona non grata in much of the Western world.

He is, therefore, persona gratissima at the High Court of Reason.

And he has remained perpetually ready for whatever else might arise, keeping his truck as sparkling as his persona.

And he must find out whether the Crawleighs regarded him as a persona grata.