characterization
pronunciation
How to pronounce characterization in British English:
UK [ˌkærəktəraɪˈzeɪʃn]
How to pronounce characterization in American English:
US [ˌkærəktəraɪ'zeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Word Origin
- characterization (n.)
- 1560s, "marking out of a precise form;" see characterize + -ation. Meaning "description of essential features" is from 1814.
Example
- 1. Few policymakers have a beef with that characterization as a generality .
- 2. While this characterization does apply to people with narcissistic personality disorder , it is too broad .
- 3. Yet the book is less polemic than it is a genuinely empathetic characterization of animals .
- 4. Conservatives will object vehemently to this characterization of thailand 's troubled politics .
- 5. Yahoo disputed mr. mahaney 's characterization .