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character study

character study noun: a work that analyzes the traits and personality of fictional characters, often from another work which depicts them.

Noun

character study (countable and uncountable, plural character studies)

  1. (countable) A work that analyzes the traits and personality of fictional characters, often from another work which depicts them.
  2. (countable) A work primarily devoted to depicting a certain type of character, and explores their behavior through that medium.
  3. (uncountable) A genre of literary analysis that focuses on the depiction and analysis of the characters in narrative works.

Forms of character study

pluralcharacter studies

Questions about character study

What does character study mean?
Character study means a work that analyzes the traits and personality of fictional characters, often from another work which depicts them.
What part of speech is character study?
Character study is a noun.
What is the plural of character study?
The plural of character study is character studies.

Words near character study in the dictionary

  1. character sets
  2. character shoe
  3. character shoes
  4. character state
  5. character studies
  6. character study
  7. character theory
  8. character trait
  9. character traits
  10. character user interface
  11. character user interfaces

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