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distinguishing characteristic

n. an odd or unusual characteristic [syn: peculiarity, distinctive feature]

Usage examples of "distinguishing characteristic".

The same love of religion, justice, and peace, was the distinguishing characteristic of both princes.

Since the distinguishing characteristic of the human form is that the trapped soul has the potential to become God, it also means that we do not receive such a gift without there being some desire in us, somewhere, to understand that greatest mystery of all, the secret of life itself.

Neither of the two tunnels had a single distinguishing characteristic.

His wife usually accompanied him, and there was no doubt she enjoyed the trips, for she possessed, though in less degree, the same joy of the wilderness that was his own distinguishing characteristic.

Suffice it to say that for many terrifying moments was he locked in mortal combat with the normally lethargic Great Newt of Obpont, now risen from its torpor and filled with the venomous rage which is that beast's distinguishing characteristic—.

And in view of this common basic building block, this common point of origin, what you have just outlined about the development of the machines becomes a distinguishing characteristic rather than a common one.

There was no special distinguishing characteristic, no missing toes, no scarring or deformity, but Mark's trained eye recognized the shape and size, the slight spraying toe-in way the man walked, the length of his stride and a toe-heavy impression, that of a quick alert tread.