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flat character

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[flat kar-ik-ter] / ˈflæt ˈkær ɪk tər /

noun

  1. an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.


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Babbitt is a flat character, and that is exactly how Broderick plays him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Having no sides is certainly one characteristic of a totally flat character!

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2018

She’s the only flat character anywhere in this series.

From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2018

It is easy to make him a flat character and laugh as he continues to play the “I’m as shocked as you” card.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2017

Through this ravine ran an igarapé, beyond which the land rose again in an undulating line of hilly ground, most refreshing to the eye after the flat character of the upper Amazonian scenery.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

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