How to Spell character
character
character - noun
- One of the attributes or features that make up and distinguish an individual
- The complex of mental and ethical traits marking and often individualizing a person, group, or nation
- Main or essential nature especially as strongly marked and serving to distinguish
- Someone who appears in a book, movie, etc. : a representation of an individual personality in a fictional or dramatic work
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"This is a side of her character that few people have seen."
character - thesaurus
Synonyms: constitution
Etymology
Middle English caracter, from Latin character mark, distinctive quality, from Greek charaktēr, from charassein to scratch, engrave; perhaps akin to Lithuanian žerti to scratch
Word family
characters, characteristic
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