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- noun Plural form of
characteristic .
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Examples
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One of the six main characteristics is “investigative,” for people with strong curiosity or analytical skills.
Why science careers, and courses, aren't so popular Jay Mathews 2010
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The petrochemical industry begun when they found out that they could synthesize any material that meet certain characteristics from the molecular breakdown of oil
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Yesterday we noted that Slate's Timothy Noah believes it is racist to call Barack Obama "skinny," because any reference to a black man's physical characteristics is code for calling him black.
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As they are inculcable, so they are eradicable; and it is only by a loose terminology that we apply the term characteristics to them without distinction between them and the inherent traits.
The Negro Problem Timothy Thomas Fortune 1892
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Another of their characteristics is their belief that ALL things Republican are evil, and ALL things Democrat are Right, based on Truth and Virtue.
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Stereotyping is when you make an irrational judgement by taking certain characteristics of a person/thing and assuming other characteristics are also present.
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In my video work, for example, one of the characteristics is the manipulation of time and the control of the image, and the use of of post-production.
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And the third and perhaps the most fundamental of all her characteristics is her unswerving devotion to the institutions that form the basis of our social and political order.
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Aging deer, on the hoof, by their body characteristics is a much more reliable way.
Aging Whittails 2009
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Aging deer, on the hoof, by their body characteristics is a much more reliable way.
Aging Whittails 2009
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