Character and Goodness

Character

Character noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Usage example: we need more people of sound character in public office

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Goodness and character are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Goodness" instead a noun "Character".

Goodness noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Usage example: a person of such unaffected goodness that his friends were inspired to lead better lives

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Character and goodness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Character" instead a noun "Goodness".

Nearby Words: good, goodly

human	human character	human goodness
female	female character	female goodness
similar	similar character	similar goodness
true	true character	true goodness
Other adjectives: actual, real, serious, villainous, moral, hidden.

This is a sex worker (prostitute, stripper, porn actress, or any other similar sex-industry occupation) who has some baseline goodness and might become a love interest for a main character.

Source: Hooker with a Heart of Gold
If you are a good-aligned character, you will have no choice but to kill them all — the leaders of both sides will sense your innate goodness and try to kill you.

Source: Evil Versus Evil / Video Games
This is also why Meowth is very unlikely to ever evolve, as James and a good amount of the production company have compared this as basically "stripping away all the goodness of a character".

Source: Real Life / Mean Character, Nice Actor

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