English Online Dictionary. What means characterization? What does characterization mean?
English
Alternative forms
- characterisation (Commonwealth)
Etymology
From characterize + -ation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəktəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˌkæɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
- (General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˌkɛɹəktəɹəˈzeɪʃən/
- Hyphenation: char‧ac‧ter‧i‧za‧tion
Noun
characterization (plural characterizations)
- The act or process of characterizing.
- Hyponyms: mischaracterization, recharacterization; misportrayal, misrepresentation
- Near-synonyms: portrayal, representation; definition
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Further reading
- “characterization”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “characterize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “characterization”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.