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char·ac·ter·y (k

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n. pl. character·ies

A system of characters or symbols used to express or convey thought and meaning.

charactery [ˈkærɪktərɪ -trɪ]

n pl -teries Archaic

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the use of symbols to express thoughts

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the group of symbols so used

charactery

1. a system of symbols used to represent ideas.
2. expression by means of such symbols.

See also: Alphabet, Representation

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alphabet representation			The Ethos of Charactery Like memory itself, whose operations it schools, the art of characterization is painful, producing in readers a tendency toward fear and loathing that is barely contained beneath a veneer of smug superiority. The persistence of character by Desmet, Christy / Shakespeare Studies Later, he hopes that the debate over torture won't focus on the "almost tragi-comedy of who did what and when but on the status of torture in the American charactery This "either/or" approach seems to me misleading. Ignoring torture: no excuse by Nelson, Harold / The Humanist Charactery remains among the most distinctive of seventeenth-century English prose genres, in that it combines high classicism--tracing its progeny back to the Characteres ethici of Aristotle's pupil, Theophrastus--with contemporary comedy of manners. Characters: Together with Poems, News, Edicts, and Paradoxes based on ... by Baumlin, James S. / Renaissance Quarterly			character sketch character type character witness character-at-a-time printer characterful characterisation characterise characterisic function Characterism characteristic characteristic actuation probability characteristic actuation width characteristic curve characteristic detection probability characteristic detection width characteristic function characteristic root of a square matrix Characteristical characteristically Characteristics, National characterization characterize characterized characterless characterology charactery charade charades Charadrii Charadriidae Charadriiformes Charadrius Charadrius melodus Charadrius morinellus Charadrius vociferus Charales charanga charango charas Charbocle Charbon charbroil charcoal Charcoal blacks charcoal burner Charcoal drawing charcoal gray charcoal grey Charcoal point charcoal-burner charcoal-gray			Characterological adjectives Characterological adjectives Characterological adjectives Characterology Characterology characters characters characters characters characters characters Characters in CHERUB Characters in CHERUB Characters in CHERUB Characters in the "Peter Pan" series Characters in the "Peter Pan" series Characters in the "Peter Pan" series Characters Per Hour Characters Per Inch Characters Per Line Characters Per Minute Characters Per Minute in Typing Characters Per Minute in Typing Characters Per Minute in Typing Characters Per Page Characters Per Pica Characters Per Second Characters Per Second in Typing Characters Per Second in Typing Characters Per Second in Typing charactery Charactron Charactron tube charade charade charade charade charades charades charades Charadriformes Charadriformes Charadriformes Charadrii Charadrii Charadriidae Charadriidae Charadriiform Charadriiform Charadriiform Charadriiform Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriiformes Charadriinae Charadriinae Charadriinae Charadrioidea Charadrius Charadrius hiaticula

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