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View synonyms for characterization

characterization

[ kar-ik-ter-uh-zey-shuhn, -truh-zey- ]

noun

  1. portrayal; description:

    the actor's characterization of a politician.

    Synonyms: delineation, depiction, representation

  2. the act of characterizing or describing the individual quality of a person or thing.
  3. the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters, as in a literary work.


characterization

/ ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən /

noun

  1. description of character, traits, etc
  2. the act of characterizing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • re·charac·ter·i·zation noun
  • self-charac·ter·i·zation noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of characterization1

1560–70; < Medieval Latin charactērizāt ( us ) marked (past participle of charactērizāre to characterize; -ate 1 ) + Latin -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

This characterization comes from the mouth of Mozilla executive director Mark Surman, who was summarizing the nonprofit’s annual Internet Health Report.

From Fortune

Parler immediately objected to this characterization — and filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Monday.

The costumes deepened the characterizations, for the clothes talk as soon as a person enters a room.

He feels that’s really an unfair characterization, and I’ve heard him talk about it a lot.

In other words, we have to accept that it will be complicated and resist characterization by labels that echo the past, like “containment” or “Cold War” — terms inherited from a conflict with an adversary that disappeared.

From Ozy

Hitchcock has a few preliminary ideas for camera moves, and I make a few proposals about characterization and dialogue.

When asked if this characterization had any validity, Raimondo seemed taken aback—I am what?

Needless to say, Howie disagrees with that characterization.

My characterization of radio host Alex Jones (a frequent promoter of the Pauls) sparked outrage among his devotees.

Each campaign is convinced that its characterization of its opponent is accurate and will resonate with the electorate.

The book contains a mass of good material, with original characterization, and is written in a style piquant and clever.

This truth to life controls, according to Aristotle, both the characterization and the action.

The fine touches of characterization of which the book is full, give it a great charm to cultivated minds.

Every characterization seemed the most perfect fit possible until he applied the next.

His other large novel, 'Jossele Ssolowee,' is also a characterization of the life of an artist, this time a singer.

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