characterization
Americannoun
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portrayal; description.
the actor's characterization of a politician.
- Synonyms:
- delineation, depiction, representation
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the act of characterizing or describing the individual quality of a person or thing.
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the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters, as in a literary work.
noun
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description of character, traits, etc
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the act of characterizing
Other Word Forms
- recharacterization noun
- self-characterization noun
Etymology
Origin of characterization
1560–70; < Medieval Latin charactērizāt ( us ) marked (past participle of charactērizāre to characterize; -ate 1 ) + Latin -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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The book insists, also—as other historians have done—on offering shop-worn characterizations of Franco as a man of “sparse political philosophy,” without great or grand ideas.
But he would most certainly object to that characterization.
This ambitious and important exhibition shows him to be an artist of far greater versatility than this characterization implies.
Attorneys for Otieno’s family have pushed back at those characterizations and did so again Wednesday.
From Seattle Times
In a blog post, Zhao called the CFTC's charges "unexpected and disappointing," adding "we do not agree with the characterization of many of the issues alleged in the complaint."
From Reuters
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