The theater company's characterization of Anne Frank was very emotional, but tasteful.
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Characterization
/ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "characterization" (212 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Noun(7 words)
actingactionalphabetanagnorisisangleapingarchitectonicsarchitectureargumentartatmospherebackgroundblueprintbuffoonerybusinesscameocatalogcatalogingcatastrophecharacter
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character sketchcharacteringchartchoreographycolorcomplicationcontinuitycontrivanceconventional representationdance notationdefinitiondelineationdemonstrationdenominationdenotation
Verb(1 words)
assign trait
Strong matches (63)
denouementdepictiondepictmentdescriptiondesigndesignationdetailsdevelopmentdevicediagramdifferentiationdisclosuredistinctiondramadrawingdumb showembodimentenactingenactmentepisode
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evocationexemplificationexpressionfablefalling actionfigurationfingeringgaggimmickgraphic accounthamhammy actinghieroglyphichinthokehokumiconographyidentificationideogramillustrationimageimageryimagingimitationimpersonationimpressionincarnationincidentindicationindicativenessitemizationlabelletterlimninglinelocal color
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
financial descriptor
Related words (106)
logogramlogographmanifestationmapmasquerademeaningmimesismimickingmimicrymimingmoodmotifmovementmummerymusical notationmythosnamingnotationoveractingpantomime
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pantomimingparticularizationpatterperformanceperformingperipeteiapersonationpersonificationphotographpicking outpictogrampicturepicturizationplanplayactingplayingplotpointingpointing outpointing toportraitportraitureportrayalposingprefigurementpresentmentprintingprofileprojectionrealizationrecognitionrenderingrenditionrepresentationrising actionschemaschemescorescriptsecondary plotselectionshowshowingsignificationsketchslantslapstickspecificationstage businessstage directionsstage presencestorystructurestuntsubjectsubplotsuggestionswitchsyllabarysymbolsymptomaticnesstablaturetaking a rolethematic developmentthemetonetopictwistvignettevivid descriptionword paintingwriting
Noun(13 words)
material compositionnaturepersonationphysiognomiespicturepresentationprofilingqualitative analysisrenderingsketchtraitsword pictureword-painting
Verb(1 words)
typify common traits
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More general
12 entriesactingdescriptionexplanationliterary methodnarrativenarrative techniqueperformingplayactingplayingpropertyqualityverbal description
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9 entriesCollocations
5 entriesbiographical characterizationcharacterization methodcharacterization processdescriptive characterizationscientific characterization
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I don't think that's a very accurate characterization of his point of view.
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Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition
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It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.
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