Character
noun
The features that make someone or something unique or different from others.
John is known for his strong character.
Often appears as...
- character reference
- strong character
noun
A person in a story, play, or movie.
Harry Potter is a main character in a famous book series.
Often appears as...
- main character
- fictional character
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Literary
noun
The qualities or features that define someone's moral and ethical actions and reactions.
Her generous act showed good character.
Often appears as...
- good character
- character flaw
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approving
noun
A symbol or letter in writing or printing.
The password must contain at least 8 characters.
Often appears as...
- character encoding
- character set
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Technical
noun
A strange or unusual person.
Our neighbor is such a character!
Often appears as...
- colorful character
- wacky character
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Informal
Colloquial
noun
The features that make someone or something unique or different from others.
John is known for his strong character.
Often appears as...
- character reference
- strong character
noun
A person in a story, play, or movie.
Harry Potter is a main character in a famous book series.
Often appears as...
- main character
- fictional character
Usage tips
Literary
noun
The qualities or features that define someone's moral and ethical actions and reactions.
Her generous act showed good character.
Often appears as...
- good character
- character flaw
Usage tips
approving
noun
A symbol or letter in writing or printing.
The password must contain at least 8 characters.
Often appears as...
- character encoding
- character set
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A strange or unusual person.
Our neighbor is such a character!
Often appears as...
- colorful character
- wacky character
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Unique Identity
Refers to what distinguishes a person or thing from others, beyond just appearance.
Despite their twin's resemblance, their character makes them easily distinguishable.
Pro Tip 2/2Reputation Matters
Character often implies a judgment of a person's values by society.
She has a character that everyone in town admires.
Pro Tip 1/2Unique Identity
Refers to what distinguishes a person or thing from others, beyond just appearance.
Despite their twin's resemblance, their character makes them easily distinguishable.
Pro Tip 2/2Reputation Matters
Character often implies a judgment of a person's values by society.
She has a character that everyone in town admires.
Pro Tip 1/2Unique Identity
Refers to what distinguishes a person or thing from others, beyond just appearance.
Despite their twin's resemblance, their character makes them easily distinguishable.
Pro Tip 2/2Reputation Matters
Character often implies a judgment of a person's values by society.
She has a character that everyone in town admires.
Compare with
attitudedispositionessenceidentityindividualitynaturepersonalityqualityspirittemperament
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How to write descriptivel...
Stage and screen engage some of our senses directly. We see and hear the interactions of the characters and the setting. But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background. If you describe the story in matter of fact, non-tactile language, the spell risks being a weak one.
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The world’s most...
The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands,
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
on the wrong street corner at the wrong time. And something needed to be done about that. It got to the point where it started to change the character of the city. You could go to any housing project, for example, like the one that was down the street from my church,
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How to build a fictional...
readers can understand fictional worlds and their rules just as well as the characters that live in them do and sometimes, just as well or even better than the reader understands the world outside of the book. But how? How can human-made squiggles on a page
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Handraising Twin Tiger...
And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit. So, this one we're calling Spot.
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Giving checkmate is...
was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very much to my character as from a very early age I love challenges by practicing daily chess chess became as my native language I never forget when I
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The wars that inspired...
or terrorized by dragons, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties.
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The battle of the Greek...
assuming an independent role in this play. Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character.
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Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
thank you thank you Luke Luke says he thinks it's got character
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Baby Leopard Plays with...
He's really quite a comical character to watch.
Video examples
How to write descriptivel...
Stage and screen engage some of our senses directly. We see and hear the interactions of the characters and the setting. But with prose fiction, all you have is static symbols on a contrasting background. If you describe the story in matter of fact, non-tactile language, the spell risks being a weak one.
Video examples
The world’s most...
The letters are varied in style and height. Some are borrowed from other scripts, but many are unique. The taller letters have been named gallows characters. The manuscript is highly decorated throughout with scroll-like embellishments. It appears to be written by two or more hands,
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
on the wrong street corner at the wrong time. And something needed to be done about that. It got to the point where it started to change the character of the city. You could go to any housing project, for example, like the one that was down the street from my church,
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
readers can understand fictional worlds and their rules just as well as the characters that live in them do and sometimes, just as well or even better than the reader understands the world outside of the book. But how? How can human-made squiggles on a page
Video examples
Handraising Twin Tiger...
And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit. So, this one we're calling Spot.
Video examples
Giving checkmate is...
was only a game for me but it became gradually competitive it suited very much to my character as from a very early age I love challenges by practicing daily chess chess became as my native language I never forget when I
Video examples
The wars that inspired...
or terrorized by dragons, but it was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families spanning generations and involving a massive cast of characters with complex motives and shifting loyalties.
Video examples
The battle of the Greek...
assuming an independent role in this play. Can you make out who it is? That looks like Thespis. It seems he's changing his mask, and taking on the role of another character.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 154 PIPE...
thank you thank you Luke Luke says he thinks it's got character
Video examples
Baby Leopard Plays with...
He's really quite a comical character to watch.
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Quote examples
Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
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Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
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Billie Eilish
American Singer
When I write, I try to become different characters.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Only men of character are trusted.
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Heraclitus
Greek Philosopher
A man's character is his fate.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
Action is character.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
Quote examples
Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.
Quote examples
Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Quote examples
Plato
Greek Philosopher
States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Quote examples
Billie Eilish
American Singer
When I write, I try to become different characters.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
Only men of character are trusted.
Quote examples
Heraclitus
Greek Philosopher
A man's character is his fate.
Quote examples
F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Author
Action is character.
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