| NOUN | communication | characterization, word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterisation | a graphic or vivid verbal description |
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| communication | characterization, characterisation | the act of describing distinctive / distinctive characteristics / characteristics or essential features | |
| act | characterization, portrayal, enactment, personation | acting the part of a character on stage |
| Sounds | keh.rahkterihzey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A graphic or vivid verbal description. | |
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| Example | "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters" | |
| Synonyms | word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterisation | |
| Narrower | epithet | Descriptive word or phrase |
| portrayal, portraiture, portrait | A word picture of a person's appearance and character | |
| Broader | description, verbal description | A statement that represents something in words |
| Spanish | caracterización, delineación, descripción, descripción verbal, imagen, representación, retrato hablado, retrato | |
| Catalan | caracterització, descripció, imatge, representació | |
| Meaning | The act of describing distinctive / distinctive characteristics / characteristics or essential features. | |
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| Example | "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd" | |
| Synonym | characterisation | |
| Broader | description | The act of describing something |
| Verbs | characterize | describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of |
| Meaning | Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech / speech and action and gesture. | |
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| Synonyms | portrayal, enactment, personation | |
| Narrower | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play |
| impression | An impressionistic portrayal of a person | |
| Broader | acting, playing, playacting, performing | The performance of a part or role in a drama |
| Spanish | actuación, interpretación, representación | |
| Catalan | interpretació, representació | |
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