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CHARACTERIZATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHARACTERIZATION?

Need another word that means the same as “characterization”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “characterization” in this overview.

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Characterization as a Noun
Definitions of "Characterization" as a noun
Synonyms of "Characterization" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Characterization" as a noun
Associations of "Characterization" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Characterization” are: characterisation, enactment, personation, portrayal, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture

Characterization as a Noun

Definitions of "Characterization" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “characterization” as a noun can have the following definitions:

Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture.
A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something.
The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features.
The creation or construction of a fictional character.
A graphic or vivid verbal description.

Synonyms of "Characterization" as a noun (9 Words)

characterisation	The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features.
delineation	The action of indicating the exact position of a border or boundary. The artist s exquisite delineation* of costume and jewellery.*
depiction	A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects. The painting s horrific depiction* of war.*
enactment	The controlled expression and acceptance of repressed emotions or impulses in behaviour during therapy. The enactment* of equal pay legislation.*
personation	Imitating the mannerisms of another person.
picture	A person or thing resembling another closely. They showed us the pictures of their wedding.
portrayal	A word picture of a person’s appearance and character. His portrayal* of the title character.*
word picture	The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus.
word-painting	A graphic or vivid verbal description.

Usage Examples of "Characterization" as a noun

She rejected that characterization of her film.
The film's narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations.
He preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict.
The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters.
The media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd.

Associations of "Characterization" (30 Words)

abstractly	In abstract terms.
cinematic	Having qualities characteristic of films. Cinematic output.
daguerreotype	A photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor.
delineate	Trace the shape of. The law should delineate* and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent.*
delineation	Representation by drawing or painting etc. The artist s exquisite delineation* of costume and jewellery.*
depict	Make a portrait of. Paintings depicting Old Testament scenes.
depiction	A representation by picture or portraiture. The painting s horrific depiction* of war.*
describe	Identify as in botany or biology, for example. A single light is seen to describe* a circle.*
description	Sort or variety. Every description* of book was there.*
draw	The act of drawing or hauling something. Before establishing his diamonds declarer must draw* trumps.*
explain	Minimize the significance of an embarrassing fact or action by giving an excuse or justification. It s a device of great age the professor explained.
explanatory	Serving or intended to explain or make clear. An explanatory* paragraph.*
expound	State. The abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns.
express	Serve as a means for expressing something. He expressed complete satisfaction.
fresco	The method of painting frescoes used in Roman times and by the great masters of the Italian Renaissance including Giotto Raphael and Michelangelo. Four scenes had been frescoed on the wall.
gallery	A covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns. An art gallery.
illustrate	Serve as an example of. The World Cup illustrated what high standards our players must achieve.
illustration	A visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand. An illustration* of a yacht.*
interpret	Give an interpretation or explanation to. He would no longer interpret* her silence as indifference.*
personality	The quality or fact of being a person as distinct from a thing or animal. She is a Hollywood personality.
photography	The process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces.
picture	Represent in a photograph or picture. Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
pixel	(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot. The camera scans photographs and encodes the image into pixels.
portraiture	A word picture of a person’s appearance and character. His strength as a novelist lay in his portraiture* of upper class families.*
portray	Portray in words. The actor portrays an elderly lonely man.
portrayal	Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture. The media portrayal* of immigration.*
presentment	An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative.
report	Cover an event or subject as a journalist or a reporter. His father signed his report* card.*
representation	The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf. The representation* of women in newspapers.*
woodcut	The technique of making woodcuts.