persona

Noun
  1. An actor's portrayal of someone in a play (synset 105937794)
    "she played the part of Desdemona"
    is a type of: characterization, enactment, personation, portrayal - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: character, part, role, theatrical role
  2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world (synset 104685073)
    "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
    referred to in:
    is a type of: appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
    same as: image

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