trait

When you start linking your observations to character traits or patterns, as opposed to focusing on the singular issue, it can feel like an attack.

Obsessiveness—that was another trait he came to think of as peculiar to himself.

It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will pick up the British traits they wish instil.

“Welcome to Derry,” a prequel to the events of Stephen King’s 1986 novel, seems especially fond of using nativity to midwife atrocities, although body horror in general is a defining trait of the show.

Some are working on embryo editing, while others are already selling genetic screening tools that seek to account for the influence of dozens or hundreds of genes on a trait.