Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or an instance of characterizing.
- n. A description of qualities or peculiarities: a list of places of interest, with brief characterizations of each.
- n. Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of characterizing; representation or description of salient qualities or characteristics, as by an actor, painter, writer, or speaker. Also spelled characterisation.
Wiktionary
- n. The act or process of characterizing.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act or process of characterizing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- n. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- n. a graphic or vivid verbal description
Etymologies
- characterize + -ation. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Lets start with the characters; the characterization is appalling to say the least, all the characters are one dimensional and the novel doesn't make you care or feel anything for any of them.”
“I'm not sure if the setting or the characterization is the star of Adam Rapp's first graphic novel, Ball Pen Hammer.”
“Perhaps there are slight similarities, but the characterization is a lot more well-rounded.”
“I prefer to characterize myself as a sesquipedalian, but I fear that such a characterization is a sham crafted by a hubristic pendant.”
“His movies are flat and uninspiring, and his characterization is amateurish at best.”
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“Board member Brad Farquhar, a former Conservative party candidate, took particular exception to what he called the characterization of board members as "partisan stooges" and”
“Grasping for the Wind has a less favorable review, which states that the characterization is poorer than that in the previous two novels, and that the action is less interesting.”
“That diversity in characterization makes me ease up on him.”
“It ties into other things, of course; characterization is partly created by script, partly by acting, and bad (or dated) acting can undermine the best dialogue.”
“Would you say that for heterosexuals like yourself, a major defining characterization is that you engage in vaginal intercourse?”
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Terms for AP Lit
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metonymy, synecdoche, metaphor, simile, litotes, satire, irony, sarcasm, invective, bathos, broadside, characterization and 28 more...
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SAT Literary Terms
allegory, allusion, ambiguity, anecdote, apostrophe, autobiography, biography, characterization, climax, comedy, conclusion, conflict and 37 more...
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