characterization
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- noun
- /ˌkɛrɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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caracterización
- The author's vivid characterization of the protagonist makes her struggles relatable.
- detailed characterization
- negative characterization
- traditional characterization
So this is a very positive characterization of infinite resignation.
- So this is a very positive characterization of infinite resignation.
- There's more depth to that book characterization than there was to a movie script.
- Remember condition one in our characterization of punishment.
- And yet you yourself defy all those characterizations.
- So one of the common characterizations of culture is patriarchal culture, let's say.
- But most people that's like, that's like the the characterization of ladies of the night.
- So right here we see a kind of backward reproduction in terms of Faulkner's characterization.
- So maybe what's going on is Luke is actually enhancing this sort of Socratic esopic like characterization of Jesus.
- So I think that it lacks a little bit of that strong characterization and just character connection that Lee writes so well.
Examples
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Our results provide the first characterization of fire effects at this scale and level of detail.
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I have to take exception to that characterization.
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I object to that characterization of my client.
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Would you not agree with that characterization?
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I object to the characterization of the defendant as a criminal.
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So this is a very positive characterization of infinite resignation.
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We writers spend most of our time wrestling with content -- idea, plot, organization, characterization, analysis.
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Both women were described and dismissed as incrementalists, even when such a characterization failed to align with the facts.
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So one of the common characterizations of culture is patriarchal culture, let's say.
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But these judgments are quite ancillary to the detailed characterization of a selection of key works.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
Words that tell what someone or something is like
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2.0
A clear image in your mind of something
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4.0
A written or spoken description of a person's appearance and character
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4.4
A way of showing a person or thing in art and performance
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4.4
A description using words that shows what something is like
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6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
A description in words that makes you imagine something clearly
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
characterization = characterize (transparent) = character + ize + ation
Formed by standard nominalization of the verb 'characterize' with '-ation'; the meaning is predictable from the verb.
Etymology
Characterization comes from character, which first meant a 'stamp' or 'mark' that shows what something is. So characterization is the act of giving those 'marks', the clear qualities or details that describe a person or thing.