characterisation

1. A graphic or vivid verbal description (synset 107216464)
   "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
   is a type of: description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
   subtypes:

   • epithet - descriptive word or phrase
   • portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
   same as: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting
2. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features (synset 107216222)
   "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"
   is a type of: description - the act of describing something
   same as: characterization

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