The theater company's characterization of Anne Frank was very emotional, but tasteful.
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Characterization
//ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "characterization" (196 found)
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Strong matches (58)
denotationdenouementdepictiondepictmentdescriptiondesigndesignationdetailsdevelopmentdevicediagramdifferentiationdisclosuredistinctiondramadrawingdumb showembodimentenactingenactment
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episodeevocationexemplificationexpressionfablefalling actionfigurationfingeringgaggimmickgraphic accounthamhammy actinghieroglyphichinthokehokumiconographyidentificationideogramillustrationimageimageryimagingimitationimpersonationimpressionincarnationincidentindicationindicativenessitemizationlabelletterlimningline
Related words (98)
local colorlogogramlogographmanifestationmapmasquerademeaningmimesismimickingmimicrymimingmoodmotifmovementmummerymusical notationmythosnamingnotationoveracting
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pantomimepantomimingparticularizationpatterperformanceperformingperipeteiapersonationpersonificationphotographpicking outpictogrampicturepicturizationplanplayactingplayingplotpointingpointing outpointing toportraitportraitureposingprefigurementpresentmentprintingprofileprojectionrealizationrecognitionrenderingrenditionrepresentationrising actionschemaschemescorescriptsecondary plotselectionshowshowingsignificationsketchslantslapstickspecificationstage businessstage directionsstage presencestorystructurestuntsubjectsubplotsuggestionswitchsyllabarysymbolsymptomaticnesstablaturetaking a rolethematic developmentthemetonetopictwistvignettevivid descriptionword paintingword picturewriting
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἠθοποιία noun (act or process of characterizing)
Asturian
1 entries- carauterización noun (act or process of characterizing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- характеризиране noun (act or process of characterizing)
Catalan
1 entries- caracterització noun (act or process of characterizing)
Czech
1 entries- charakterizace noun (act or process of characterizing)
Dutch
1 entries- karakterisering noun (act or process of characterizing)
Finnish
2 entries- luonnehdinta noun (act or process of characterizing)
- luonnehtiminen noun (act or process of characterizing)
French
1 entries- caractérisation noun (act or process of characterizing)
Galician
1 entries- caracterización noun (act or process of characterizing)
German
1 entries- Charakterisierung noun (act or process of characterizing)
Greek
1 entries- χαρακτηρισμός noun (act or process of characterizing)
Indonesian
1 entries- penokohan noun (act or process of characterizing)
Irish
1 entries- carachtracht noun (act or process of characterizing)
Italian
1 entries- caratterizzazione noun (act or process of characterizing)
Latvian
2 entries- raksturojums noun (act or process of characterizing)
- raksturošana noun (act or process of characterizing)
Malay
1 entries- perwatakan noun (act or process of characterizing)
Portuguese
2 entries- caracterização noun (act or process of characterizing)
- caraterização noun (act or process of characterizing)
Romanian
1 entries- caracterizare noun (act or process of characterizing)
Russian
2 entries- характери́стика noun (act or process of characterizing)
- характеризация noun (act or process of characterizing)
Spanish
1 entries- caracterización noun (act or process of characterizing)
Swedish
2 entries- karakterisering noun (act or process of characterizing)
- karakteristik noun (act or process of characterizing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- характериза́ція noun (act or process of characterizing)
Yoruba
1 entries- ìfìwàwẹ̀dá noun (act or process of characterizing)
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I don't think that's a very accurate characterization of his point of view.
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Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition
Source: wiktionary
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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