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three-dimensionality

three-dimensionality

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three-dimensionality (usually uncountable, plural three-dimensionalities)

  1. The state or characteristic of occupying, or of appearing to occupy, three dimensions of space.
  2. (idiomatic, of a person or fictional character) Complexity and depth of character.
    • 2005 April 1, Desson Thomson, "'In My Country': Unjustifiable," Washington Post (retrieved 20 Nov 2015):
      Gleeson, a brilliant performer, shows us the face of evil but with the mitigating circumstances of humanity. But his three-dimensionality is jarring; at odds with the wooden movie around him.
    • 2009 May 28, Stephen Adams, "Philip Pullman helps understanding of theology, says Archbishop of Canterbury," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 20 Nov 2015):
      Dr. Williams . . . commended his "search for some way of talking about human value, human depth and three-dimensionality, that doesn't depend on God."
    • 2010, Hal Erickson, "Tisha Sterling," New York Times (retrieved 20 Nov 2015):
      In 1968, she costarred with Clint Eastwood in the feature film Coogan's Bluff, bringing three-dimensionality to the otherwise cliched role of a hippie.

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