Person
Person
Person (/ˈpɜːrsən/; from Latin: persona, meaning "mask") is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.
Etymology
The term "person" is derived from the Latin word "persona", which originally referred to a theatrical mask worn by performers in order to either project different roles or disguise their identities.
Related Terms
- Human: A member of the species Homo sapiens, which includes all living human beings.
- Individual: A single human being as distinct from a group, class, or family.
- Identity: The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.
- Self-consciousness: Awareness of one's own personality or individuality.
- Morality: Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior.
- Consciousness: The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings.
- Kinship: Blood relationship.
- Property: Things owned; possessions.
- Legal responsibility: The state of being legally responsible for something.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Person
- Wikipedia's article - Person
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