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

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Princeton's WordNet1.6 / 10 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. characterizationnoun

    Synonyms:
    designation (of properties), specification

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  1. Jade Fulce:

    Since the importance of variants may differ by location, CDC, in collaboration with the SIG [SARS-CoV-2 Interagency Group], is closely monitoring the emergence of the B.1.617 variant in the United States and this variant has been prioritized for characterization by the U.S. government to better understand the potential impact on available medical countermeasures, including vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, cDC and the SIG continually review the available scientific evidence as well as the genomic surveillance data to assess the classification of variants. On May 4, 2021, the B.1.617, B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2, and B.1.617.3 lineages were classified as variants of interests by CDC, in collaboration with the SIG, but variant status might escalate or deescalate based on scientific evidence.

  2. Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan:

    The Netherlands' characterization that the local medicine that is made in the hospitals is the same as what we've done from a regulatory, full-development standpoint, particularly given (the Dutch) will house the European Medicines Agency, I think is troubling.

  3. Benjamin Laws:

    There is no information that would support any suggestion that any of the equipment that’s being used in support of wind development for the site characterization surveys could directly lead to the death of a whale.

  4. Marc Chandler:

    Markets are worried about a more hawkish type of tapering, the Fed could drop its characterization of inflation as being transitory, and the second thing is the markets are saying as soon as the Fed gets done with its tapering, they’re going hike rates.

  5. Marine Corps spokesperson:

    Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is no longer on active duty and was separated from the service on Dec. 24, 2021, out of respect for the privacy rights afforded uniformed service members, we have nothing further to add regarding his status or the characterization of his service in the Marine Corps.


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