DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distinguishing characteristic mean? 

• DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC (noun)
  The noun DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC has 1 sense:

1. an odd or unusual characteristic

  Familiarity information: DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An odd or unusual characteristic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

distinctive feature; distinguishing characteristic; peculiarity

Hypernyms ("distinguishing characteristic" is a kind of...):

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distinguishing characteristic"):

calling card (a distinguishing characteristic or behavior)