- a person.
- the characters in a play, novel, etc.
- the narrator of or a character in a literary work, sometimes identified with the author.
- (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).
- a person's perceived or evident personality, as that of a well-known official, actor, or celebrity; personal image; public role.
- a character in a play, novel, etc
- an assumed identity or character
- (in Jungian psychology) the mechanism that conceals a person's true thoughts and feelings, esp in his adaptation to the outside world
