character traits
Defining personality features
Character traits are the distinctive qualities that make up a person's personality and behavior—honesty, courage, stubbornness, generosity, and the like.
The term appears frequently in education and psychology, where traits are often categorized as positive or negative: The teacher asked students to identify the character traits that made the protagonist heroic.
In fiction writing, well-developed character traits distinguish memorable characters from flat ones.
- attributesInherent characteristics or properties
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
- assertivenessConfident self-expression quality
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
open-mindedness · perseverance · moral compass · temperament · true colors · inner strength · wisdom · fairness · self-control · loyalty · team player · people skills · emotional intelligence · resilience · empathy · heart of gold · humility · courage
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- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, disposition, Big Five
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- charactervirtues, integrity, moral fiber, conscience, moral compass
- character educationresponsibility, trustworthiness, respect, ethical behavior, moral reasoning
- moral educationmoral education, moral instruction, moral development, moral lessons, moral upbringing
character traitsmoods
Temporary emotional states
whims · feelings · affects · reactions · knee-jerk reactions
character traitsphysical traits
Bodily characteristics one inherits
physical characteristics · physical features · physical attributes · appearance · looks
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