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Characterization

Characterization Meaning & Definition
Characterization Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Characterization?

[n] acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
[n] the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
[n] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Characterization: characterisation | delineation | depiction | enactment | personation | picture | portrayal | word picture | word-painting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Characterization: acting | action | alphabet | anagnorisis | angle | aping | architectonics | architecture | argument | art | atmosphere | background | blueprint | buffoonery | business | cameo | catalog | cataloging | catastrophe | character | character sketch | charactering | chart | choreography | color | complication | continuity | contrivance | conventional representation | dance notation | definition | delineation | demonstration | denomination | denotation | denouement | depiction | depictment | description | design | designation | details | development | device | diagram | differentiation | disclosure | distinction | drama | drawing | dumb show | embodiment | enacting | enactment | episode | evocation | exemplification | expression | fable | falling action | figuration | fingering | gag | gimmick | graphic account | ham | hammy acting | hieroglyphic | hint | hoke | hokum | iconography | identification | ideogram | illustration | image | imagery | imaging | imitation | impersonation | impression | incarnation | incident | indication | indicativeness | itemization | letter | limning | line | local color | logogram | logograph | manifestation | map | masquerade | meaning | mimesis | mimicking | mimicry | miming | mood | motif | movement | mummery | musical notation | mythos | naming | notation | overacting | pantomime | pantomiming | particularization | patter | performance | performing | peripeteia | personation | personification | photograph | picking out | pictogram | picture | picturization | plan | playacting | playing | plot | pointing | pointing out | pointing to | portrait | portraiture | portrayal | posing | prefigurement | presentment | printing | profile | projection | realization | recognition | rendering | rendition | representation | rising action | schema | scheme | score | script | secondary plot | selection | show | showing | signification | sketch | slant | slapstick | specification | stage business | stage directions | stage presence | story | structure | stunt | subject | subplot | suggestion | switch | syllabary | symbol | symptomaticness | tablature | taking a role | thematic development | theme | tone | topic | twist | vignette | vivid description | word painting | writing

See Also | acting | character | description | epithet | impression | part | performing | persona | playacting | playing | portrait | portraiture | portrayal | role | theatrical role | verbal description

Characterization In Webster's Dictionary

\Char`ac*ter*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of characterizing.

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