CHARACTERIZATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does characterization mean?
• CHARACTERIZATION (noun)
The noun CHARACTERIZATION has 3 senses:
1. a graphic or vivid verbal description
2. the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
3. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Familiarity information: CHARACTERIZATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CHARACTERIZATION (noun)
Meaning:
A graphic or vivid verbal description
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
word picture; depiction; delineation; characterization; characterisation; word-painting; picture
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms ("characterization" is a kind of...):
description; verbal description (a statement that represents something in words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "characterization"):
epithet (descriptive word or phrase)
portrait; portraiture; portrayal (a word picture of a person's appearance and character)
Meaning:
The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
characterisation; characterization
Context example:
the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
Hypernyms ("characterization" is a kind of...):
description (the act of describing something)
Meaning:
Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
personation; portrayal; characterization; enactment
Hypernyms ("characterization" is a kind of...):
acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "characterization"):
impression (an impressionistic portrayal of a person)
character; part; persona; role; theatrical role (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play)
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"Example is better than precept." (Arabic proverb)
"Leave the spool to the artisan." (Corsican proverb)
