characterization
Syllables: char·ac·ter·i·za·tion/ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/US/ˌkæɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
characterization noun: the act or process of characterizing.
Noun
characterization (plural characterizations)
- The act or process of characterizing.
- Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition
- It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew.1866, Josiah Gilbert Holland, The Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Synonyms:
- portrayal, representation, definition
characterization meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Malay
characterization in Tamil
- பண்புரு வருணனை
characterization in Bengali
- বৈশিষ্ট্যপ্রদান
characterization in Kannada
- ಪಾತ್ರಚಿತ್ರಣ
characterization in Malay
- act or process of characterizing
- perwatakan
More languagesFewer languages
- characterization in Indonesian
- penokohan
Examples of characterization in a sentence
- Greatness in its characterization, especially the duality of being a romantic and a realist.
- The characterization of regular and intra-regular hypersemigroups in terms of fuzzy subsets are very useful for applications..
- Here, we provide a more quantitative characterization of critical behavior in subisostatic networks.
Synonyms of characterization
Forms of characterization
| plural | characterizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | characterisation |
Origin of characterization
From characterize + -ation.
Words formed from characterization
Questions about characterization
- What does characterization mean?
- Characterization means the act or process of characterizing.
- What is characterization in Tamil?
- Characterization in Tamil is பண்புரு வருணனை. See Characterization meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is characterization?
- Characterization is a noun.
- How do you pronounce characterization?
- Characterization is pronounced /ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of characterization?
- The plural of characterization is characterizations.
Words near characterization in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: characterization (page history and authors); characterization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); characterization (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); characterization (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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