A composite character refers to a fictional character that is created by combining various traits, characteristics, or storylines from multiple real or fictional people. Full definition
Using composite characters, she wrote a book about those issues to let kids know they are not alone and to give insight to teachers about students lives. (educationworld.com)
After combining several narratives into one composite character in an article on the African slave trade, Finkel lost his job at The Times, damaging his career enough to make Longo's offer intriguing. (theatlantic.com)
Directed by Rupert Goold and co-written by Goold and David Kajganich, «True Story» is based on the book «True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa» by Michael Finkel, a New York Times writer who was fired after it came to light that he had created composite characters for a story he had written on the African slave trade. (indiewire.com)