Ascendency vs Character - What's the difference?
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A being involved in the action of a story.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
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, title= A distinguishing feature; characteristic.
A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
* Motley
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=3
, passage=Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so.}}
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
A written or printed symbol, or letter.
* Holder
Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
* Shakespeare
(computing) One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
(informal) A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
(mathematics) A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
(dated) The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
* Addison
(dated) A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
Ascendency is a related term of character.
As nouns the difference between ascendency and character
is that ascendency is while character is .character
English
Noun
Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, passage=But Pirates! comes with all the usual Aardman strengths intact, particularly the sense that its characters and creators alike are too good-hearted and sweet to nitpick. The ambition is all in the craft rather than in the storytelling, but it’s hard to say no to the proficiency of that craft, or the mild good cheer behind it. }}
- a man of thoroughly subservient character
- He has a great deal of character .
- Julius Caesar is a great historical character .
- It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye.
- an inscription in the Runic character
- You know the character to be your brother's?
- in the miserable character of a slave
- in his character as a magistrate
- a man's character for truth and veracity
- Her actions give her a bad character .
- This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it.