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characterism|ˈkærəktəˌrɪz(ə)m| Also 7 car-. [ad. L. charactērismus, Gr. χαρακτηρισµός a marking with a distinctive sign.] †1. Description of character; = characterization 3. Obs.
1614Bp. Hall Recoll. Treat. 231 The Characterisme of an Honest man. 1631B. Jonson New Inn Dram. Personæ, The Persons of the Play, With some short characterism of the chief actors. 1825Blackw. Mag. XVIII. 178 Bamfylde Moore Carew, the anonymous author of characterism. †2. Characteristic quality (or qualities collectively); a characteristic. Obs.
1647Torshell Harmon. Bible 23 The Characterismes of language peculiar to..different Ages. 1677R. Cary Chronol. i. ii. i. v. 60 Every single Year..hath its proper Characterism. a1742Bentley Freethinking iii. (1743) 342 Preserving this Lucanism, this characterism of an author. 1871Brewer Eng. Studies (1881) 225 Times..when individual characterism had not yet crystallized into one dull uniformity. 3. Representation by means of signs or characters, symbolization.
1850J. Leitch tr. Müller's Anc. Art §3. 1 Artistic representation..is a representation properly so called..and not a characterism like language. |