Literary notes about Characteristic (AI summary)
In literature, "characteristic" functions as a marker of distinctive traits that define the nature or essence of a subject. Authors employ it to denote qualities that are not only intrinsic to an individual or object but also serve as a representative signature. It highlights, for instance, the peculiar flavor of a creative work or the defining manners of a person ([1], [2]), as well as outlining the typical features of cultural practices or philosophical outlooks ([3], [4]). The term often underscores a habitual quality—be it in visual style, behavioral pattern, or intellectual attribute—thus conveying what is essentially typical or expected in a given context ([5], [6], [7]).
- The coffee house; a characteristic poem.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers - Mr. Anthony put into his farm the energy and determination characteristic of the man.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper - This is the characteristic of the ceremony which makes it instructive.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - A fact of common experience cannot give us the idea of something whose characteristic is to be outside the world of common experience.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - The master mused for some time over this characteristic epistle.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte - Verses are called trochaic , iambic , dactylic , &c., according to their fundamental (or characteristic) feet.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - Since growth is the characteristic of life, education is all one with growing; it has no end beyond itself.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
