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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Characterization \Char'ac*ter*i*za"tion\, noun The act or process of characterizing.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
characterization
noun
1: 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" [syn: {word picture}, {word-painting}, {delineation}, {depiction}, {picture}, {characterisation}]
2: the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" [syn: {characterisation}]
3: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture [syn: {portrayal}, {enactment}, {personation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
182 Moby Thesaurus words for "characterization": acting, action, alphabet, anagnorisis, angle, aping, architectonics, architecture, argument, art, atmosphere, background, blueprint, buffoonery, business, cameo, catalog, cataloging, catastrophe, character, character sketch, charactering, chart, choreography, color, complication, continuity, contrivance, conventional representation, dance notation, definition, delineation, demonstration, denomination, denotation, denouement, depiction, depictment, description, design, designation, details, development, device, diagram, differentiation, disclosure, distinction, drama, drawing, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, episode, evocation, exemplification, expression, fable, falling action, figuration, fingering, gag, gimmick, graphic account, ham, hammy acting, hieroglyphic, hint, hoke, hokum, iconography, identification, ideogram, illustration, image, imagery, imaging, imitation, impersonation, impression, incarnation, incident, indication, indicativeness, itemization, letter, limning, line, local color, logogram, logograph, manifestation, map, masquerade, meaning, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, mood, motif, movement, mummery, musical notation, mythos, naming, notation, overacting, pantomime, pantomiming, particularization, patter, performance, performing, peripeteia, personation, personification, photograph, picking out, pictogram, picture, picturization, plan, playacting, playing, plot, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, posing, prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection, realization, recognition, rendering, rendition, representation, rising action, schema, scheme, score, script, secondary plot, selection, show, showing, signification, sketch, slant, slapstick, specification, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, story, structure, stunt, subject, subplot, suggestion, switch, syllabary, symbol, symptomaticness, tablature, taking a role, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, twist, vignette, vivid description, word painting, writing
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