#characteristic  a distinguishing quality
  supertype:  quality  an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
  part of:  nature
  subtype:  passport  any quality or characteristic that gains a person acceptance or admission; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
  subtype:  compatibility  capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination
     subtype:  congenialness__congenialnes  compatibility between persons
     subtype:  harmoniousness__harmony  compatibility in opinion and action
        subtype:  congruity__congruousness__congruousnes  the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
     subtype:  accord__rapport  sympathetic compatibility
     subtype:  agreement.compatibility__correspondence  compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in correspondence"
        subtype:  conformance__conformity  correspondence in form or appearance
           subtype:  nicety__justness__rightness__rightnes  conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety; "it was performed with justness and beauty"
           subtype:  normality  conformity with the norm
  subtype:  incompatibility  the quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination
     subtype:  conflict.incompatibility  an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
     subtype:  incongruity__incongruousness__incongruousnes  the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
        subtype:  irony  incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"
           subtype:  Socratic_irony  admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning
  subtype:  outstanding_characteristic__outstandingcharacteristic__point__spot  an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
  subtype:  individuating_characteristic__individuatingcharacteristic__point  a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
  subtype:  hallmark__trademark__earmark__stylemark  a distinctive characteristic or attribute
  subtype:  aspect  a characteristic to be considered
     subtype:  legal_aspect__legalaspect
  subtype:  safeness  the quality of being safe
  subtype:  dangerousness__dangerousnes  the quality of not being safe
     subtype:  precariousness  extreme dangerousness
  subtype:  curability__curableness__curablenes  capability of being cured or healed
  subtype:  incurableness__incurablenes  incapability of being cured or healed
  subtype:  directness__straightness  trueness of course toward a goal: "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
     subtype:  downrightness__downrightnes__straightforwardnes  the quality of being direct and straightforward; "what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness"
     subtype:  immediacy__immediateness__immediatenes  lack of an intervening or mediating agency: "the immediacy of television coverage"
  subtype:  indirectness  having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
     subtype:  allusiveness  a quality characterized by indirect reference
     subtype:  mediacy__mediateness__mediatenes  the quality of being mediate
     subtype:  deviousness__obliqueness__obliquenes  the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
     subtype:  discursiveness  the quality of being discursive
  subtype:  streak  a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

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