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Synonyms for characterisation
char·ac·ter·i·sa·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun
a graphic or vivid verbal description
"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"
Synonyms:
personation, portrayal, flick, portraying, mental picture, film, moving picture, depicting, impression, depiction, limning, characterization, picture, motion-picture show, video, ikon, movie, scene, delineation, word-painting, pic, line drawing, exposure, image, photo, motion picture, pictorial matter, photograph, icon, enactment, painting, word picture, moving-picture show, picture showcharacterization, characterisationnoun
the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
"the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
Synonyms:
characterization, depiction, personation, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portrayal, enactment, picture
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List of paraphrases for "characterisation":
characterization, characterizing, profiling, qualification, characterize
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#156 | video | |
#304 | photo | |
#376 | image | |
#490 | movie | |
#631 | picture | |
#677 | film | |
#2368 | icon | |
#2402 | pic | |
#2712 | scene | |
#2878 | exposure | |
#3480 | painting | |
#5732 | photograph | |
#7353 | impression | |
#8406 | qualification | |
#9475 | characterization | |
#14950 | profiling | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16823 | enactment | |
#17004 | characterize | |
#21407 | depicting | |
#25588 | depiction | |
#25922 | portrayal | |
#31397 | characterisation | |
#32161 | characterizing | |
#37013 | delineation | |
#38342 | portraying | |
#44018 | ikon |
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