Synonyms 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

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1. • Acting
   • Description

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1. characterizationnoun

   Synonyms:
   designation (of properties), specification

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1. List of paraphrases for "characterization":

   characterisation, characterizing, characterize, qualification, profiling, identification, fingerprinting

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1. Joseph Dunford:

   We watch with great concern when industry partners work in China knowing that there is that indirect benefit, frankly, 'indirect' may be not a full characterization of the way it really is, it is more of a direct benefit to the Chinese military.

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. Keith Ellison:

   Karen Monahan and I were in a long-term relationship which ended in 2016, and I still care deeply for Karen Monahan well-being, this video does not exist because I never behaved in this way, and any characterization otherwise is false.

4. 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.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   It's ascendent in that district perhaps, but I don't accept any characterization of our party presented by the Republicans. So let me reject that right now. ... Our party is a big tent. Our districts are very different, one from the other.