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Defining characteristic
noun
A property held by all members of a class of object that is so distinctive that it is sufficient to determine membership in that class. A property that defines that which possesses it.
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The incident is clearly more backdrop than defining characteristic for the new flagship, however.
Travel is a defining characteristic.
Borukhova's otherness was her defining characteristic.
It had no ornament, no defining characteristic.
Bluntness may well be Smith's defining characteristic.
"The real defining characteristic is education.
But the defining characteristic was Lotso's nose.
"It is really the defining characteristic of Kansas politics now".
It's not a defining characteristic – it's more normal," he said.
Nonetheless, the mask quickly became the character's defining characteristic.
Words are one of the defining characteristic of our humanity.
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