Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See characterization, characterize.
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- noun British Alternative form of
characterization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- noun a graphic or vivid verbal description
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Examples
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I think some of the characterisation is a little weeak, and almost naive, but the strong plot keeps you going to the end.
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Peake’s use of the grotesque in characterisation is stylistic.
What Is Style? Hal Duncan 2005
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Peake’s use of the grotesque in characterisation is stylistic.
Archive 2005-02-01 Hal Duncan 2005
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The characterisation is rudimentary and the prose sometimes clunky.
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle – review Nicholas Lezard 2010
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Hammerstein's tendency towards thin characterisation, philosophical naivety and self-conscious poeticisms don't meet his pupil's exacting standards.
Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim – review David Benedict 2010
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As far as characterisation is concerned, this one's interesting because in Prodigal Mage I already know some of them -- Asher and Dathne, for example.
Sunday morning giggle ... karenmiller 2009
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The unsubtle characterisation is another problem - we know that the pub owner is a bully, because he is described with that word at almost every appearance.
March Books 6) Pomegranate Soup, by Marsha Mehran nwhyte 2010
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But the fondness of the characterisation is deceptive: tonight, Brodkin never lets Nelson transcend the stereotype, never suggests that a sarf London geezer might have broader horizons than we expect.
Lee Nelson's Well Good Tour – review Brian Logan 2010
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My approach to characterisation is not at all technical.
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It pushes all my buttons, in characterisation, worldbuilding, writing.
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