'characterisation' definitions:

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" [syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation]

The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" [syn: characterization, characterisation]