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characterization|ˌkærəktəraɪˈzeɪʃən|
[f. next; see -ation.]
The action or result of characterizing.
†1. The marking out of the precise form of anything; the form, mould, or stamp thus impressed.
1570Dee Math. Pref. 33 The Symmetrie..Characterization..of any parcell of the sayd body. 1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual., Characterization or Stamp of Matter.
2. Distinction by means of peculiar features or characteristics.
1879De Quatrefages Human Spec. 107 It is the law of permanent characterisation which alone permits Darwin to explain the filiation of groups.
3. Description of characteristics or essential features; portrayal in words.
1814Monthly Rev. LXXIV. 362 An impartial and a morally meritorious characterization are in some cases inconsistent. 1876M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma 98 John the Baptist's characterisation of the Messiah. 1885Clodd Myths & Dr. i. ix. 137 Emerson's happy characterisation of language as fossil poetry and fossil history.
4. Creation of fictitious characters.
1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. I. xii. 508 A force of characterization, worthy of the genius of Shakespeare. 1870Athenæum 21 May 681 Touchstone and Audrey..showing capital characterizations, dashingly and spiritedly painted. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens vii. 212 That highest part of the novelist's art, which we call characterisation. |