character type

noun

1. psychol a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together in an individual

Example Sentences

But those keen on connecting the genealogy of his character type from then to now must look back further to the movie that first suggested his appeal – “Maurice,” the 1987 Merchant-Ivory classic casting him as Clive, a gay aristocrat who has a torrid affair with his best friend.

From Salon

I wonder if the era of the short-attention spans and the online avatars is creating a new character type: the person who doesn't experience life as an accumulation over decades, but just as a series of disjointed performances in the here and now, with an echo of hollowness inside.

From Salon

I wonder if the era of the short-attention spans and the online avatars is creating a new character type: the person who doesn’t experience life as an accumulation over decades, but just as a series of disjointed performances in the here and now, with an echo of hollowness inside.

From Seattle Times

But he worried that Trump embodied the worst aspects of the character type, especially the tendency to “make organizations into tribes.”

From Washington Post

This character type often speaks to a cultural fear around what women might do to remedy their domestic and workplace dissatisfaction.

From Salon