- description of character, traits, etc
- the act of characterizing
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
char•ac•ter•i•za•tion
(kar′ik tər ə zā′shən, -trə zā′-),USA pronunciation n.
- portrayal;
description:the actor's characterization of a politician. - the act of characterizing.
- Literaturethe creation and convincing representation of fictitious characters.
- Medieval Latin charactērizāt(us) marked (past participle of charactērizāre to characterize; see -ate1) + Latin -iōn- -ion
- 1560–70
- 1. representation, depiction, delineation.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
characterization, characterisation /ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən/ n
'characterization' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dickens
- Essex girl
- Essex man
- Middle England
- noble savage
- chosisme
- dead-on
- geocode
- Hellenistic
- melodrama
- neat
- theater of the absurd
- zygosity
- self-characterization