characterological
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- adjective
- /ˌkɛrɪktəˈrɒlədʒɪkəl/
- Specialized
- In therapy, we often explore characterological traits to understand how they affect a person's behavior.
- characterological blame
- characterological self
Examples
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When individuals target their enduring qualities and blame themselves for being bad people, they use characterological self-blame.
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His characterological patterns made it difficult for him to maintain lasting friendships.
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Obama comes with a seriously conflicted characterological makeup.
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As anticipated, both characterological blame and behavioral blame are positively related to making amends and negatively associated with recovery.
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BPD is a mixture of psychotic, neurotic, and characterological disturbances combined with healthy personality aspects.
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Behavioral self-blame theoretically allows for control and encourages recovery, whereas characterological self-blame damages feelings of worth and impedes recovery.
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This phenomenon recurs within the characterological dimension of King John, in which Austria, for example, by wearing Richard the Lion-Hearted's lionskin, shifts shapes to, in a sense, become the dead former king.
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In diabetes research today, one finds a far more sophisticated understanding of race than in the past, one that eschews characterological assessments and seeks to identify genetic markers that might explain differences in susceptibility.
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Lest it be concluded that Sir John was unhappy in his adversarial contrariness, it is stressed that his role was quite congruent with his characterological needs and that it was instrumental to his life satisfaction.
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The literary legacy of the miser, a figure that posed a queer threat to normative notions of progress, informs characterological theories about the hoarder's moral will.
Academic text (2016)
Synonyms
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Relating to grouping people by their attitudes, interests and lifestyles
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word characterological comes from character, meaning 'the qualities of a person', and the ending -logical, like in psychological, which means 'about the study of'. So, characterological means 'about a person's character' or 'the study of character'.