'Characterization' definitions:
Definition of 'characterization'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
noun
The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" [syn: characterization, characterisation]
noun
Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture [syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation]
Definition of 'Characterization'
From: GCIDE
- Characterization \Char`ac*ter*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of characterizing. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'characterization'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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