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==Etymology==                                       

==Etymology==                                       

[ME. caracter(e, a. F. caractere, ad. L. charact{emac}r, a. Gr. instrument for marking or graving, impress, stamp, distinctive mark, distinctive nature, f. to make sharp, cut furrows in, engrave; or perhaps a refashioning of the earlier F. caracte after this. In Eng. it was further assimilated in 16th c. by (fictitious) spelling with ch-. (Wyclif used both caracte and caracter; he may have taken the latter directly from Latin, as Littré cites F. caractère only from 15th c. In 16-17th c. often cha{sm}racter.]  

[ME. caracter(e, a. F. caractere, ad. L. charact{emac}r, a. Gr. instrument for marking or graving, impress, stamp, distinctive mark, distinctive nature, f. to make sharp, cut furrows in, engrave; or perhaps a refashioning of the earlier F. caracte after this. In Eng. it was further assimilated in 16th c. by (fictitious) spelling with ch-. (Wyclif used both caracte and caracter; he may have taken the latter directly from Latin, as Littré cites F. caractère only from 15th c. In 16-17th c. often cha{sm}racter.]  

==Meanings==

==Meanings==

I. Literal senses.

I. Literal senses.

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*1859 J. S. MILL-''Liberty'' A person whose desires and impulses are his own are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has a character.

*1859 J. S. MILL-''Liberty'' A person whose desires and impulses are his own are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has a character.

*1934 a Melchizedek-''Social Problems of Religion'' True religion is a meaningful way of living dynamically face to face with the commonplace realities of everyday life. But if religion is to stimulate individual development of character and augment integration of personality, it must not be standardized.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper99.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper99.html&line=84#mfs]

*1934 a Melchizedek-''Social Problems of Religion'' True religion is a meaningful way of living dynamically face to face with the commonplace realities of everyday life. But if religion is to stimulate individual development of character and augment integration of personality, it must not be standardized.[https://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper99.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper99.html&line=84#mfs]

*1967 Martin L. King, Jr. - "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

*1967 Martin L. King, Jr. - "I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: General Reference]]