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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

noun The act or an instance of characterizing.
noun A description of qualities or peculiarities.
noun Representation of a character or characters on the stage or in writing, especially by imitating or describing actions, gestures, or speeches.

from The Century Dictionary.

noun The act of characterizing; representation or description of salient qualities or characteristics, as by an actor, painter, writer, or speaker. Also spelled characterisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

noun The act or process of characterizing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

noun The act or process of characterizing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
noun acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
noun a graphic or vivid verbal description

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characterize +‎ -ation.

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I'm not sure if the setting or the characterization is the star of Adam Rapp's first graphic novel, Ball Pen Hammer.

REVIEW: Ball Peen Hammer by Adam Rapp & George O'Connor 2009
I prefer to characterize myself as a sesquipedalian, but I fear that such a characterization is a sham crafted by a hubristic pendant.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip. 2010
Perhaps there are slight similarities, but the characterization is a lot more well-rounded.

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Would you like to suggest a writing article? (Sticky post) 2009
Lets start with the characters; the characterization is appalling to say the least, all the characters are one dimensional and the novel doesn't make you care or feel anything for any of them.

REVIEW: Star Wars: Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber 2009
His movies are flat and uninspiring, and his characterization is amateurish at best.

What Happened To The Great M. Night Shyamalan? « FirstShowing.net 2008
Board member Brad Farquhar, a former Conservative party candidate, took particular exception to what he called the characterization of board members as "partisan stooges" and

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Bruce Cheadle 2010
That diversity in characterization makes me ease up on him.

Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs: Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
It ties into other things, of course; characterization is partly created by script, partly by acting, and bad (or dated) acting can undermine the best dialogue.

More lasting than bronze at SF Novelists 2009
Would you say that for heterosexuals like yourself, a major defining characterization is that you engage in vaginal intercourse?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
Grasping for the Wind has a less favorable review, which states that the characterization is poorer than that in the previous two novels, and that the action is less interesting.

May Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour 2009

characterization

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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