Personae

Word PERSONAE
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˌpɜː(ɹ)ˈsəʊni/

Definitions and meanings of "Personae"

What do we mean by personae?

A social role.

A character played by an actor.

The mask or appearance one presents to the world.

(user experience) An imaginary person representing a particular type of client or customer, considered when designing products and services that will appeal to them.

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The word "personae" in example sentences

White Americans because his public personae is that of a "White woman." ❋ Unknown (2008)

They cultivated certain personae to present to the world at large for their own advantage. ❋ Unknown (2003)

This usage survives today in the phrase "dramatis personae." ❋ Unknown (2011)

By extension, if these things happen and are posted on the Internet, others will likely take note of each new i-star, and the reaction could propel some of them to incredible levels of worldwide fame if their looks and (later, if more is learned via interviews or self-made profiles on social networking sites) their personae are the exact right combination required. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If someone wasn't keen to meet up at least once in Mexico, chances were they were more interested in that person as an internet 'personae' than a real person. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The scenarios employed "personae," which are archetypal representations of individuals that represent either the participant or individuals they would encounter when interacting with the system. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Around him swirl some outsized characters, Golden Globe winners Melissa Leo as Alice Ward and Christian Bale as Dicky, over the top as the real life personae are. ❋ Regina Weinreich (2011)

British singer, songwriter, and actor who was most prominent in the 1970s and best known for his shifting personae and musical genre hopping. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I found the characters to be a little shallow and a few times had to make the effort to recall which names belonged to which dramatis personae and what their role was in the overall scheme. ❋ Ulysses (2009)

Billionaire gasbag “T Boone” Pickens has made a bold attempt over the last year to transform his image of oil-greased rightwing godfather to grandfatherly wind energy guru, endlessly blowing his hot air at bipartisan audiences in Washington (and reminding everyone outside the beltway that money can buy you anything in the Imperial City, even a new personae) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yet we remain in much the same position as those naive Victorian readers who were so upset when John Forster told them that the respectable old entertainer was a man who had drawn his dramatis personae from wretched life itself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I also need to finish laying out the time-line ( "present" and "past"), make up a list of dramatis personae, and find a good reference on Louisiana dialects, so I can get the grammar consistent. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

Plays written by playwrites who allow characters of both genders full agency are writing about men and women, even if there is a gender imbalance in the dramatis personae. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

Its plot is convoluted, its thematic resonances numerous, its dramatis personae many, varied, and heavily doubled. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

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