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characterization

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or an instance of characterizing.
  • noun A description of qualities or peculiarities.
  • noun Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of characterizing; representation or description of salient qualities or characteristics, as by an actor, painter, writer, or speaker. Also spelled characterisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of characterizing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act or process of characterizing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
  • noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  • noun a graphic or vivid verbal description

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

characterize +‎ -ation.

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