Noun: characterisation ,ker-ik-tu-rI'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,ka-rik-tu-rI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: characterization)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: characterization)
- A graphic or vivid verbal description
"too often the narrative was interrupted by long characterisations";
- word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization
- The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
"the media's characterisation of Al Gore as a nerd";
- characterization
Derived forms: characterisations
Type of: description, verbal description
Encyclopedia: Characterisation