supercharacter

noun5

1. •
   A superhero or supervillain.

   • The Lensmen are shown, however, as a superior race, with advanced mental and physical powers, and there are few instances when mere humans appear in the stories or comment on these supercharacters. — 1981
2. •
   A group of characters in a play, movie, or story, that act together as a single combined entity.

   • As a result, characters often start to take common actions to achieve their aims and may start to act as a single 'supercharacter' with a single position. — 2001
3. •
   Something that pervades a story as a common theme or presence, transcending the level of individual characters.

   • As one critic has astutely noted, ideas in Huxley's novels assume the role of "supercharacters." — 1957
4. •
   An amalgamation of characters that respond to the same selective pressure.

   • The combination of characters contributing to the supercharacter need not be logically or genetically related. — 1986
5. •
   A single entity that represents multiple irreducible characters but is treated as a single character in the algebraic theory of Carlos André.

   • The supercharacter analog of the A.A. — 2015