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Type Words
Synonyms characterisation
Type of description
Derivation characterize


the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd.
Type Words
Synonyms enactment, personation, portrayal
Type of acting, playing, playacting, performing
Has types persona, character, impression, part, role, theatrical role
Type Words
Synonyms characterisation, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture
Type of verbal description, description
Has types portraiture, epithet, portrayal, portrait


the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters.

Examples of characterization

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Those shows relied on the performers'personalities rather than characterization.
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Bill Burton, a White House spokesman, defended the president's characterization.
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Fleming was a taut and propulsive stylist with a deep gift for characterization.
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Stokes has disputed Rand and Holliman's characterization of the plan's fortunes.
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While it's not entirely inaccurate, it's an incomplete characterization at best.
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Initial characterization of the nascent polypeptide-associated complex in yeast.
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Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis spore morphogenetic coat protein CotO.
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Characterization of and osteoarthritis susceptibility in ADAMTS-4-knockout mice.
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Smith is not fond of the characterization that Newton's arrival rejuvenated him.
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  • Word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
  • The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
  • Portrayal: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  • (characterize) qualify: describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
  • In Conflict of Laws, characterisation is the second stage in the procedure to resolve a lawsuit involving a foreign law element. This process is described in English law as classification and as qualification in French law. ...
  • Characterization, when used in materials science, refers to the use of external techniques to probe into the internal structure and properties of a material. Characterization can take the form of actual materials testing, or analysis, for example in some form of microscope.
  • In mathematics, the statement that "Property P characterizes object X" means, not simply that X has property P, but that X is the only thing that has property P. It is also common to find statements such as "Property Q characterises Y up to isomorphism". ...
  • The act or process of characterizing
  • (characterize) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative.); To determine the characteristics of