character development

collocation in English

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character
noun
uk /ˈkær.ək.tər/ us /ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in someone or something that makes them or it different ...
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development
noun
uk /dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/ us /dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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Examples of character development

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Popular melodramas, by definition, play off of viewers' expectations and innate hunches about plot and characterdevelopment, problem, and denouement.
More generally, individuals with different temperament configurations may try to optimize their characterdevelopment and to minimize their risk of psychopathology by following different pathways.
This assumption is valid without reservation if psychology is understood in terms of characterdevelopment and the unfolding of an inner history.
That is why characterdevelopment is important and why it should be recognized and nurtured in medical education.
The characterdevelopment of adventurous individuals is much more variable and less extreme than that of people with explosive temperaments.
Temperament constrains characterdevelopment but does not fully determine it because of the systematic effects of sociocultural learning and the stochastic effects of experience.
The observation that characterdevelopment depends on both the temperament configuration and prior development has many implications for assessment and treatment.
Persistence acts as a general moderator of self-control and influences characterdevelopment, so it also has an important role in emotional regulation and personality self-organization.
These constraints refer to heritable temperament traits which provide bias in characterdevelopment.
Each of these steps is differentially influenced by heritable temperament dimensions, antecedent steps in characterdevelopment, and life experiences.
Under more materialistic conditions with an emphasis on control and possessions, positive characterdevelopment throughout level 3 is unlikely.
This moment suggests a lumbering, witless quality to the production, one that substitutes broad strokes for nuance and characterdevelopment.
When self-object differentiation occurs, the development of obedience instead of negativism, step 3, depends mostly on temperament and experiences unique to the individual, rather than on prior characterdevelopment.
These findings indicate that both temperament type and social rearing conditions may influence characterdevelopment, but the sequence of development nevertheless nearly always follows the canonical pathway described earlier.
Each table summarizes the sequence of steps in characterdevelopment for these four temperament types, listing the sequences that occur at least 4% of the time.
The particular sequence described by the 15step model appears to be the one which optimizes characterdevelopment for most people, as we will consider in detail later.
It is clear that the cadet forces offer an outstanding start and provide interest, excitement, characterdevelopment and adventure.
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