Maybe it's a result of being something of an outsider, of not being as fully indoctrinated as some of his colleagues, but Terwilliger's skepticism, along with his willingness to express his unpopular opinions, are defining traits of his young career.
Somehow, it maintains the accessibility and intimacy that have become defining traits of BPM throughout the years.
The issue of defining traits is not only a matter of clarity.
She argued that one of the defining traits of Nazism, as a political movement and as a system of government, was a gradation of escalating loyalty and ideological fanaticism.
One day, before homeroom, he wrote the heading "First Class Jerk" on the blackboard behind his desk, along with a list of defining traits, and Ralph Lewis raised his hand and asked, "Sir, is a first-class jerk a jerk in the first-period class?" Wheezer glared at him for a long time, then said, "Guy, you're a jerk".
That sense of self is rooted in the inner landscape, among Riley's so-called islands of identity, defining traits that include family, hockey, and honesty.
The willingness to prioritize power above all else, including the welfare of their fellow human beings, ruthlessness, callousness and an utter lack of conscience are among the defining traits of the sociopath.
The significant amounts of evidence supporting the existence of an RNA world suggest, for instance, that at least some of the defining traits of the code are the outcome of Darwinian processes acting over RNA-based life (Yarus 2010).
