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English
Noun
Sense: distinguishing feature of a person or thing
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- “550. indication” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “characteristic” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- "attribute" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)
- "quality" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone) < attribute
- "property" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class) < attribute
- "trait" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011. (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature) < attribute