Talk:defining characteristic

RFD discussion: February–April 2020
Seems to be defining + characteristic. Just as possible are "defining property", "defining trait", "defining feature" etc. Mihia (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * ... “defining issue”, “defining condition”, “defining question”, “defining element”, ... Delete, totally SOP. --Lambiam 06:58, 1 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete as SoP. Equinox ◑ 07:13, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. Canonicalization (talk) 09:19, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, SOP. - -sche (discuss) 21:11, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * How do you know that a defining characteristic alone serves to define, without help from other characteristics? That is to say, how do you know that when A is defined as B such that C and D and E, then C, D and E are not defining characteristics? That is, how do you know this from "defining" and "characteristic"? --Dan Polansky (talk) 10:07, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * How do you know that a defining trait alone serves to define, without help from other traits? If C, D and E need other characteristics, they are not defining. Taken jointly, they might constitute a defining characteristic. --Lambiam 04:52, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Huh? Mihia (talk) 18:40, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Deleted - TheDaveRoss  15:00, 22 April 2020 (UTC)