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- noun Plural form of
characterisation .
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Examples
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While one or two of the characterisations were a little crude I don't think this could be said of the central figures.
The Guardian World News Sam Wollaston 2010
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He jovially parried the one-word characterisations that Morgan flicked at him by way of a pre-match warm-up.
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I could very well relate to the location easily enough; but the characterisations dragged the whole thing down.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How I Would Reboot Superman 2009
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We fanboys would have liked some nods to the similar Who adventures of the past - thinking especially of The Stones of Blood and The Curse of Fenric - and the Jack and Rose characterisations were less firm than the Doctor's.
April Books 19) The Deviant Strain, by Justin Richards nwhyte 2009
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The major draw of the recent Star Trek film (for instance) was how most (if not all) of the actors involved actually fully * nailed* the characterisations and were all very true to the feel of the original Star Trek whilst still bringing it into the modern day.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How I Would Reboot Superman 2009
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The aspects are initially based on simple characterisations and physical components of the bot – Small, Lucky, Chatterbox.
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But elsewhere his characterisations are more balanced, more even-tempered, than similar accounts in past years.
March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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However it is still a load of rotting tripe, the characterisations are paper thin, from the 'evil' corp manager to the braindead military officer, the plucky rebelious pilot, the scientists and not to mention the Navi.
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But elsewhere his characterisations are more balanced, more even-tempered, than similar accounts in past years.
william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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The current vogue of 45-minute, high-concept single episodes means that everything else can get squeezed to the margins, resulting in dollops of exposition and all-over-the-place characterisations, like Hugh Bonneville's heartwarming-yet-bloodthirsty buccaneer, or the cheery Silurian medical researcher in "The Hungry Earth", memorably described by the Androzani review site as "lovable old Dr Mengele".
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