characterization

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UK /ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ US /ˌkæɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/

noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

accurate, frank, honest

His frank characterization of the company's problems shocked everyone in the boardroom.

CHARACTERIZATION + NOUN

anne

The characterization Anne provides of her stepmother is surprisingly sympathetic and nuanced.

Definitions

noun

The act or process of characterizing.

Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition

It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — acting the part of a character on stage

noun — the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essenti

characterisation

noun — a graphic or vivid verbal description

word-painting
delineation
depiction
picture
characterisation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition

Wiktionary

It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.

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The art of characterization exhibited by the author fascinates us; we gaze and examine as if we were face to face with real personages, whose passions are laid bare, whose life is traced, whose counte

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The theater company's characterization of Anne Frank was very emotional, but tasteful.

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I don't think that's a very accurate characterization of his point of view.

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