CHARACTERISATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
   Synonym(s)
   • characterization (what does characterization mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the media’’s characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
   Hypernyms(s) characterisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • description (what does description mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • qualify (what does qualify mean?)
   • characterize (what does characterize mean?)
   • characterise (what does characterise mean?)
   • qualify (what does qualify mean?)
   • characterize (what does characterize mean?)
   • characterise (what does characterise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a graphic or vivid verbal description
   Synonym(s)
   • characterization (what does characterization mean?)
   • delineation (what does delineation mean?)
   • depiction (what does depiction mean?)
   • picture (what does picture mean?)
   • word-painting (what does word-painting mean?)
   • word picture (what does word picture mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
   • the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
   • the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
   Hypernyms(s) characterisation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • description (what does description mean?)
   • verbal description (what does verbal description mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • epithet (what does epithet mean?)
   • portrayal (what does portrayal mean?)
   • portraiture (what does portraiture mean?)
   • portrait (what does portrait mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • qualify (what does qualify mean?)
   • characterize (what does characterize mean?)
   • characterise (what does characterise mean?)
   • describe (what does describe mean?)
   • depict (what does depict mean?)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   • describe (what does describe mean?)
   • depict (what does depict mean?)
   • draw (what does draw mean?)
   • specify (what does specify mean?)
   • define (what does define mean?)
   • delineate (what does delineate mean?)
   • delimit (what does delimit mean?)
   • delimitate (what does delimitate mean?)
   • delineate (what does delineate mean?)