Characteristic and Rare

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Characteristic

Characteristic adjective - Having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind.
Usage example: the characteristic wit and good-naturedness of the Irish
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Rare is an antonym for characteristic in typical topic.
Nearby Words: character, characterize, characteristically, characterization, characterized

Rare

Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
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Characteristic is an antonym for rare.
Nearby Words: rarity, rarely, rareness
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  • Adipose Rex King Kash-Kash from Les Légendaires is this, despite being an Elf, a species where this characteristic is rather rare.
    Source: Adipose Rex
  • Unmoving Plaid Most common (though still rare) with the bullseye rash characteristic of Lyme's Disease.
    Source: Unmoving Plaid
  • It is perhaps characteristic of Lewton's career that this film [I Walked with a Zombie], one of the rare pieces of pure visual poetry ever to come out of Hollywood, was seen by hardly anybody but ... bloodthirsty chiller fans.Joel E.
    Source: Creator / Val Lewton
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