public image
noun
: the opinion that many people have of a person
The scandal ruined his public image.
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For Chamberlain, this disconnect between his public image and private life led to emotional strain.
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Her presence doesn’t just soften his public image, but also acts as a subtle page-turn from Majors’s previous interracial relationships, Baird says.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Those secrets created De Niro’s glorified and most memorable street hoodlums and now befuddle his current crazy-man public image.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
But a 2021 exchange between Oren and and Tal Alexander -- luxury real estate brokers in Miami and New York -- reveals slight concern over keeping their superstar public image intact.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Her presence doesn’t just soften his public image, but also acts as a subtle page-turn from Majors’s previous interracial relationships, Baird says.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Those secrets created De Niro’s glorified and most memorable street hoodlums and now befuddle his current crazy-man public image.
—Armond White, National Review, 21 Mar. 2025
But a 2021 exchange between Oren and and Tal Alexander -- luxury real estate brokers in Miami and New York -- reveals slight concern over keeping their superstar public image intact.
—Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Public image.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20image. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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