- plural of characteristic.
characteristics
Americannoun
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Characteristics of BDD include emotional distress, spending a lot of time ruminating and feeling unable to control thoughts about appearance.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Characteristics of nesting sites are crucial to the future of the population.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2024
Characteristics of the dragon, according to Lau, include creativity, power and charisma.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Characteristics "emerge" from the collective behavior of the whole system, not from the behavior of its individual components.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023
The volume opens with a brief sketch of the Rise of the Society of Friends, and Characteristics of its Poetry.
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
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