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character
A	noun
	1	character, fiber, fibre
			the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions; "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚character, fiber, fibre ╚spirit
	2	quality, character, lineament
			a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚concept; conception; construct ╚property; attribute; dimension ╚quality, character, lineament ╚texture
	3	character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
			an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚acting; playing; playacting; performing ╚portrayal; characterization; enactment; personation ╚character, role, theatrical role, part, persona ╚villain; baddie ╚heroine ╚title role; name part ╚ingenue ╚hero ╚heavy ╚bit part; minor role
	4	character, reference, character reference
			a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚approval; commendation ╚praise; congratulations; kudos ╚recommendation; testimonial; good word ╚character, reference, character reference
	5	character, grapheme, graphic symbol
			a written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚signal; signaling; sign ╚symbol ╚written symbol; printed symbol ╚character, grapheme, graphic symbol ╚dagger; obelisk ╚asterisk; star ╚percent sign; percentage sign ╚type ╚small letter; lower case; lower-case letter; minuscule ╚capital; capital letter; upper case; upper-case letter; majuscule ╚ligature ╚ASCII character ╚subscript; inferior ╚superscript; superior ╚check character ╚allograph
	6	fictional character, fictitious character, character
			an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚ability; power ╚creativity; creativeness; creative thinking ╚imagination; imaginativeness; vision ╚imaginary being; imaginary creature ╚fictional character, fictitious character, character ╚Colonel Blimp ╚Cinderella ╚Chicken Little ╚Cheshire cat ╚John Henry ╚Bunyan; Paul Bunyan ╚Bond; James Bond ╚Bluebeard ╚Beowulf ╚Beatrice ╚Babar ╚Argonaut ╚Aladdin
	7	character, eccentric, type, case
			a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚adult; grownup ╚character, eccentric, type, case
	8	character
			good repute; "he is a man of character"
		Category Tree: state ╚status; position ╚standing ╚honor; honour; laurels ╚repute; reputation ╚character
B	verb
	1	character
			engrave or inscribe characters on
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚carve; chip at ╚engrave; grave; inscribe ╚character

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