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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Second Day of Character

I am still struggling with the theme of "character" for the month, and so I spent some time today online looking for deifnitions of "character".  I found the best one was on Dictionary.com.  27 different ways to think of Character.


char·ac·ter

[kar-ik-ter]
–noun
1.
the aggregate of features and traits that form the individualnature of some person or thing.
2.
one such feature or trait; characteristic.
3.
moral or ethical quality: a man of fine, honorable character.
4.
qualities of honesty, courage, or the like; integrity: It takescharacter to face up to a bully.
5.
reputation: a stain on one's character.
6.
good repute.
7.
an account of the qualities or peculiarities of a person orthing.
8.
a person, esp. with reference to behavior or personality: asuspicious character.
9.
Informal an odd, eccentric, or unusual person.
10.
a person represented in a drama, story, etc.
11.
a part or role, as in a play or film.
12.
a symbol as used in a writing system, as a letter of thealphabet.
13.
the symbols of a writing system collectively.
14.
a significant visual mark or symbol.
15.
status or capacity: the character of a justice of the peace.
16.
a written statement from an employer concerning thequalities of a former employee.
17.
Literature (esp. in 17th- and 18th-century England) aformal character sketch or descriptive analysis of a particularhuman virtue or vice as represented in a person or type.Compare character sketch.
18.
Genetics any trait, function, structure, or substance of anorganism resulting from the effect of one or more genes asmodified by the environment.
19.
Computers .
a.
any symbol, as a number, letter, punctuation mark, etc.,that represents data and that, when encoded, is usableby a machine.
b.
one of a set of basic symbols that singly or in a series oftwo or more represents data and, when encoded, isusable in a computer.
20.
a style of writing or printing.
21.
Roman Catholic Theology the ineffaceable imprint receivedon the soul through the sacraments of baptismconfirmation,and ordination.
22.
(formerly) a cipher or cipher message.
–adjective
23.
Theater .
a.
(of a part or role) representing a personality type, esp.by emphasizing distinctive traits, as language,mannerisms, physical makeup, etc.
b.
(of an actor or actress) acting or specializing in suchroles.
–verb (used with object) Archaic .
24.
to portray; describe.
25.
to engrave; inscribe.
26.
in character,
a.
in harmony with one's personal character or disposition:Such behavior is not in character for him.
b.
in accordance with the role or personality assumed in aperformance: an actor in character.
27.
out of character,
a.
out of harmony with one's personal character ordisposition: Her remarks were out of character.
b.
away from the role or personality assumed in aperformance: The actor stepped out of character.

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