demicharacter🔊adjEtymology From demi- + character. Calque of French demi-caractère.1Dance, Dancing, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Synonym of demi-caractère.But other passages of “Concerto DSCH” have strong elements of what ballet folk define as both demicharacter and character dance.2008 May 31, Alastair Macaulay, “Riding the Emotions of a Ratmansky Ballet”, in New York Times: