Antonyms for characterization
ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃənchar·ac·ter·i·za·tion

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1. word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun

   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:
   personation, portrayal, flick, portraying, mental picture, film, moving picture, depicting, impression, depiction, limning, picture, motion-picture show, video, ikon, movie, scene, delineation, characterisation, word-painting, pic, line drawing, exposure, image, photo, motion picture, pictorial matter, photograph, icon, enactment, painting, word picture, moving-picture show, picture show

2. characterization, characterisationnoun

   the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

   "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"

   Synonyms:
   depiction, characterisation, personation, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portrayal, enactment, picture

3. portrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun

   acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, portrayal, personation, characterisation, portraying, enactment, depiction, word-painting, depicting, portrait, act, passage, impersonation, word picture, picture, delineation

How to use characterization in a sentence?

1. Cameron Crowe:

   Emma Stone was chief among those who did tireless research, if any part of her fine characterization has caused consternation and controversy, I am the one to blame.

2. Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto p. 74 (pb 93):

   A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization.

3. Robert Brown:

   We are disappointed and concerned by statements that reduce individuals to stereotypes on the basis of a broad category such as sex, race, or ethnicity, Brown wrote in a blast e-mail to the Boston University community. I believe Dr. Grundy’s remarks fit this characterization.

4. David Sabatini:

   Was my lab kind of freewheeling and fun? Yes, you know, was the word retarded used sometimes, yes. That there was sort of outright sexism to people, no, and I certainly wouldn’t have tolerated that if that was the case so I do resist certainly a locker room atmosphere – I resist that characterization. Was it light and banter-full and people joked around and made fun of each other sometimes, yes, but in a very mutual kind of way.

5. Congressman Davis for many years:

   She has a very creative imagination. And I think she dreams up all these things that she says she's done, she has attempted to paint me as somebody( who), when I hear her characterization, I sometimes have to wonder who she's talking about.

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