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'''Character''' or '''Characters''' may refer to:
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==Arts, entertainment, and media==
===Literature===
* [[Character (novel)|''Character'' (novel)]], a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk
* [[Characters (Theophrastus)|''Characters'' (Theophrastus)]], a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to Theophrastus

===Music===
* [[Character (Dark Tranquillity album)|''Character'' (Dark Tranquillity album)]], 2005
* [[Character (Julia Kent album)|''Character'' (Julia Kent album)]], 2013
* ''Character'', an album by [[Rachael Sage]], 2020
* [[Characters (John Abercrombie album)|''Characters'' (John Abercrombie album)]], 1977
* [[Characters (Stevie Wonder album)|''Characters'' (Stevie Wonder album)]], 1987
* "Character", a song by [[Ryokuoushoku Shakai]], 2022

===Types of entity===
* [[Character (arts)]], an agent within a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc.
** [[Character actor]], an actor known for playing unusual, eccentric or interesting characters in supporting roles
** [[Character sketch]] or character, a literary description of a character type
* [[Game character (disambiguation)]], various types of characters in a video game or role playing game
** [[Player character]], as above but who is controlled or whose actions are directly chosen by a player
** [[Non-player character]], as above but not player-controlled, frequently abbreviated as NPC

===Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media===
* [[Character (film)|''Character'' (film)]], a 1997 Dutch film based on Bordewijk's novel
* ''[[Charaktery]]'', a monthly magazine in Poland
* ''[[Netflix Presents: The Characters]]'', an improvised sketch comedy show on Netflix

== Mathematics ==
* [[Character (mathematics)]], a homomorphism from a group to a field
* [[Characterization (mathematics)]], the logical equivalency between objects of two different domains.
* [[Character theory]], the mathematical theory of special kinds of characters associated to group representations
* [[Dirichlet character]], a type of character in number theory
* [[Multiplicative character]], a homomorphism from a group to the multiplicative subgroup of a field

== Morality and social science==
* [[Character education]], a US term for values education
* [[Character structure]], a person's traits
* [[Moral character]], an evaluation of a particular individual's durable moral qualities

== Symbols ==
* [[Character (symbol)]], a sign or symbol
** [[Character (computing)]], a unit of information roughly corresponding to a grapheme

== Other uses ==
* [[Character (biology)]], the abstraction of an observable physical or biochemical trait of an organism
* [[Character (income tax)]], a type of income for tax purposes in the US
* [[Sacramental character]], a Catholic teaching
* [[Neighbourhood character]], the look and feel of a built environment

== See also ==
* [[(character) (disambiguation)]]
* [[Virtual character (disambiguation)]]
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* {{in title}}

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