public image

public image (plural public images)

1. 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.

• brand image
• public relations

• “public image” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “public image”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “public image” (US) / “public image” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “public image”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.