Synonyms for characterization
ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃənchar·ac·ter·i·za·tion

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1. 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, picture, motion-picture show, video, ikon, movie, scene, delineation, characterisation, word-painting, pic, line drawing, exposure, image, photo, motion picture, pictorial matter, photograph, icon, enactment, painting, word picture, moving-picture show, picture show

2. characterization, characterisationnoun

   the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

   "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"

   Synonyms:
   depiction, characterisation, personation, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portrayal, enactment, picture

3. portrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun

   acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, portrayal, personation, characterisation, portraying, enactment, depiction, word-painting, depicting, portrait, act, passage, impersonation, word picture, picture, delineation

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1. • Acting
   • Description

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1. characterizationnoun

   Synonyms:
   designation (of properties), specification

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1. List of paraphrases for "characterization":

   characterisation, characterizing, characterize, qualification, profiling, identification, fingerprinting

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1. Congressman Davis for many years:

   She has a very creative imagination. And I think she dreams up all these things that she says she's done, she has attempted to paint me as somebody( who), when I hear her characterization, I sometimes have to wonder who she's talking about.

2. Jade Fulce:

   Since the importance of variants may differ by location, CDC, in collaboration with the SIG [SARS-CoV-2 Interagency Group], is closely monitoring the emergence of the B.1.617 variant in the United States and this variant has been prioritized for characterization by the U.S. government to better understand the potential impact on available medical countermeasures, including vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, cDC and the SIG continually review the available scientific evidence as well as the genomic surveillance data to assess the classification of variants. On May 4, 2021, the B.1.617, B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2, and B.1.617.3 lineages were classified as variants of interests by CDC, in collaboration with the SIG, but variant status might escalate or deescalate based on scientific evidence.

3. Marc Chandler:

   Markets are worried about a more hawkish type of tapering, the Fed could drop its characterization of inflation as being transitory, and the second thing is the markets are saying as soon as the Fed gets done with its tapering, they’re going hike rates.

4. Marine Corps spokesperson:

   Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is no longer on active duty and was separated from the service on Dec. 24, 2021, out of respect for the privacy rights afforded uniformed service members, we have nothing further to add regarding his status or the characterization of his service in the Marine Corps.

5. Steve Orlando:

   I would disagree with the characterization of it being a 'snitch app.' I would call it a feedback method, i think particularly for faculty, we are enormously [grateful] for our faculty.