characterizationnoun
UK usually characterisation uk/ˌkær.ək.tə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌker.ək.tə.rəˈzeɪ.ʃən/characterization noun (IN A STORY)
[ U ] the way that people are represented in a film, play, or book so that they seem real and natural:
The plots in her books are very strong but there's almost no characterization.
The film's characterization of the artist as a complete drunk has annoyed a lot of people.
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Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts
- bill
- billing
- bit part
- cameo
- cast
- casting couch
- dame
- dramatis personae
- dramatize
- opposite
- pantomime horse
- principal boy
- role
- script
- scripted
- scriptwriter
- supporting
- theatre
- walk-on part
- write sb out of sth
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characterization noun (QUALITY)
[ C ] the way in which something is described by stating its main qualities
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Defining & explaining
- (do you) see what I mean? idiom
- account (to sb) for sth
- accountable
- cast
- clarify
- convey
- demystify
- descriptive
- every picture tells a story idiom
- evocative
- evoke
- explicable
- explicate
- fill
- get sth across
- mean
- scene
- schematic
- that is to say ... idiom
- unfold
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