alter ego

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The stage name, she explains, is less persona than alter ego - "a very personal rebellion".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

McGuigan calls the brashness part of an "alter ego", suggesting Caroline is playing the part, but also sees a deeper link to the independence she has carved out.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In some regards this narrator, a husband and father, is Mr. Lerner’s most mature alter ego, but he often seems like the same schlemiel as the feckless grad student in “Leaving the Atocha Station.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Steve, how did you think about Greg’s alter ego, Rooster, the star of his books?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

I’d always thought of him as Baba’s quiet alter ego, my writing mentor, my pal, the one who never forgot to bring me a souvenir, a saughat, when he returned from a trip abroad.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini