1. characteristic - Noun
2. characteristic - Adjective
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo insult and to humiliate is characteristic of the weak. The strong find pleasure in uplifting, supporting, and helping others. Source: Internet
God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits of passion, jealousy, hatred and slandering the brethren; in short, everything that is characteristic of the old man. Poemen
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau
It is characteristic of all deep human problems that they are not to be approached without some humor and some bewilderment. Freeman Dyson
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. Warren Buffett
I am actually not at all a man of science, not an observer, not an experimenter, not a thinker. I am by temperament nothing but a conquistador - an adventurer, if you want it translated - with all the curiosity, daring, and tenacity characteristic of a man of this sort. Sigmund Freud