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per·so·na

(pər-sō′nə)

1. 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.

2. pl. per·so·nas or per·so·nae (-nē) The character represented by the voice of the speaker or narrator in a literary work.

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

[Latin persōna; see person.]

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persona

(pɜːˈsəʊnə)

n, pl -nae (-niː)

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (often plural) a character in a play, novel, etc

2. an assumed identity or character

3. (Psychology) (in Jungian psychology) the mechanism that conceals a person's true thoughts and feelings, esp in his adaptation to the outside world

[Latin: mask]

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per•so•na

(pərˈsoʊ nə)

n., pl. -nae (-nē), -nas.

1. Often, personae. a character in a fictional literary work.

2. (in the psychology of C. G. Jung) the public role or personality a person assumes or is perceived to assume (contrasted with anima).

[1905–10; < Latin persōna mask, character]

anima, persona - Anima is Carl Jung's term for the inner part of the personality, or character, as opposed to the persona, or outer part.

persona

noun personality, part, face, front, role, character, mask, façade, public face, assumed role the contradictions between her private life and her public persona

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persona

noun

A person portrayed in fiction or drama:

character, personage.

Translations

persona

[pɜːˈsəʊnə] N (personae (pl)) [pɜːˈsəʊnaɪ]

1. (= character) → personaje m

2. (= image) → imagen f

3. persona grata → persona f grata
persona non grata → persona f no grata

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

persona

[pə^rˈsəʊnə] n (= image) → personnage m
public persona → personne publique
to take on a new persona → se créer un nouveau personnage

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

persona

n pl <-e> (Psych) → Persona f; persona grata (Jur) → Persona grata f; persona non grata (Jur, fig) → Persona non grata f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

per·so·na

n. persona, personalidad adoptada que encubre la verdadera.

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A single glance satisfied her that the White Worm in PROPRIA PERSONA was not visible.

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It is but fair to add that these Yankees, brave as they have ever proved themselves to be, did not confine themselves to theories and formulae, but that they paid heavily, in propria persona , for their inventions.

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His manners and his speech were alike reserved, his air of breeding was apparent, but he had not the natural ease or charm which was making Granet, even in those few minutes, persona grata with Geraldine's mother and a little circle of newly-arrived guests.

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Focusing on one persona or one type of client can hinder your efforts at attracting the right audience, wasting both time and resources that could have been used creating personas for the audience that you want to attract and convert.

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La perspectiva psicosocial y la proximidad y acompanamiento a las familias y personas, propias de nuestra profesion, nos proporciona un profundo conocimiento de las necesidades y situaciones de cuidado, pero tambien de las vivencias subjetivas de sus protagonistas y de los efectos de la implementacion de las politicas publicas en la mejora de las condiciones y de la calidad de vida de las personas con necesidades de cuidado y en el mantenimiento y reproduccion de situaciones de desigualdad.

Preferencias de los receptores de cuidados profesionales de larga duracion sobre el sexo de la persona cuidadora

La sociedad mundial globalizada se encuentra organizada desde una perspectiva homogeneizadora, es decir, busca que las personas que conforman posean caracteristica, comportamiento y creencias comunes, considerando que dicha composicion y cohesion social contribuya a evitar conflictos sociales e inclusive legales generados por la orientacion sexual y/o identidad de genero de las personas.

La violencia contra las personas sexo-genero diverso su tratamiento en el sistema juridico venezolano

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Noun	1.	persona - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" theatrical role, role, character, part personation, portrayal, characterization, enactment - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture bit part, minor role - a small role heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ingenue - the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play name part, title role - the role of the character after whom the play is named heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction baddie, villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
	2.	persona - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty" image appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life Carl Gustav Jung, Carl Jung, Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)