character trait

collocation in English

meaningsofcharacterandtrait

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character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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trait
noun[C]
uk
/treɪt/us
/treɪt/
a particular characteristic that can produce a particular type ...
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(Definition ofcharacterandtraitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcharacter trait

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When applied to persons, they mean the disposition or tendency orcharactertraitof manifesting attitudes and acts of tolerance or toleration.
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There could be acharactertraitthat would be good for one person to have, but would not be good for everyone to have.
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You possess a context-insensitivecharactertraitjust in case you would display its characteristic behavior across a broad range of normal circumstances.
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Nocharactertraithas the property of being a virtue full stop, because there is no such property.
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But suppose that thischaractertrait, while instrumentally virtuous, is intrinsically bad.
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One significantcharactertraitthat allowed him to be multivalent - satisfying the emotional needs of different readerships - was his perpetual innocence.
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Is the willing sheriff'scharactertraita virtue?
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It is merely to say that the action flowed from acharactertraitthat is good.
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According to this version of the charge, the consequentialist cannot possess thecharactertraitproper to genuine friendship.
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A paradigmatic case is evidence of bad character used to show conduct in conformity with thecharactertrait(183-189, 227-228).
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He was arrogant, but that was more of an artistic method than acharactertrait.
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But the transmissiblecharactertraittargeted by the intervention remains one on which there is agreement regardless of differing ideals of human perfection.
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Whether acharactertraitturns out to have good consequences or not may depend on which comparison we make.
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Driver seems to admit that we need to look at more than just actual consequences when evaluating acharactertrait.
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We have been talking about the consequences of the possession of acharactertrait, but by whom?
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If that were enough, everycharactertraitwould be a virtue, since even traits we all acknowledge to be vices occasionally and luckily result in good consequences.
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The other side of the coin to her devotion to patriarchal order is her 'charactertrait' based upon a 'polymorphic energy that effaces boundaries, collapses distinctions, and confuses identities'.
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You possess a context-sensitivecharactertraitjust in case you would display its characteristic behavior across any range of circumstances, whether they are normal or non-normal.
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Since there are many ways for the inhabitants of a world to lack a givencharactertrait, there may be more than one answer to the question.
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