Noun
public image (plural public images)
What the general impression of a famous person or organization is; what most people think of a person or organization, which may differ from what they are like in private.
I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions. Jacqueline Bisset
Dinosaurs have a bad public image as symbols of obsolescence and hulking in inefficiency; in political cartoons they are know-nothing conservatives that plod through miasmic swamps to inevitable extinction. Robert T. Bakker
The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves. Ibrahim Rugova
Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review. Mara Liasson
The image that the public gets is whatever they perceive it to be. Everybody has an opinion, everybody has their own vision, so I don't know what my public image is. I have no idea. Lenny Kravitz
The basic bond of any society, culture, subculture, or organization is 'a public image. Kenneth Boulding