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characterization

[ kar-ik-ter-uh-zey-shuhn, -truh-zey- ]
/ ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃən, -trəˈzeɪ- /
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noun
portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
the act of characterizing or describing the individual quality of a person or thing.
the creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters, as in a literary work.
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Origin of characterization

1560–70; <Medieval Latin charactērizāt(us) marked (past participle of charactērizāre to characterize; see -ate1) + Latin -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM characterization

re·char·ac·ter·i·za·tion, nounself-char·ac·ter·i·za·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for characterization

characterization

characterisation

/ (ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən) /

noun
description of character, traits, etc
the act of characterizing
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