Definition for Characterisation:

• the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; " the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"

Synonyms for Characterisation:

• n.

  •characterisation (noun)
  • depiction,
  • picture,
  • delineation,
  • characterization,
  • word-painting,
  • word picture.
  •communication (noun)
  • characterisation.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • description,
  • verbal description.
  •Other relevant words:
  • act,
  • aspect,
  • belief,
  • celluloid,
  • cinema,
  • click,
  • conniption,
  • depict,
  • depression,
  • double,
  • effect,
  • effigy,
  • envision,
  • epitome,
  • fancy,
  • feeling,
  • figure,
  • figure of speech,
  • fit,
  • flicker,
  • flip,
  • house painting,
  • impersonation,
  • imprint,
  • jerk,
  • leaf,
  • look-alike,
  • mental image,
  • name,
  • notion,
  • opinion,
  • panorama,
  • paradigm,
  • passage,
  • persona,
  • photographic film,
  • plastic film,
  • printing,
  • project,
  • prospect,
  • prototype,
  • range,
  • render,
  • riff,
  • riffle,
  • ruffle,
  • scenery,
  • see,
  • setting,
  • shoot,
  • shot,
  • show,
  • simulacrum,
  • snap,
  • stamp,
  • take,
  • tantrum,
  • telecasting,
  • television,
  • thumb,
  • trope,
  • tv,
  • view,
  • vista,
  • visualise,
  • visualize,
  • vulnerability,
  • video recording,
  • range of a function.

Paraphrases for Characterisation:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    characterization.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    characterization.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    description, character.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    characteristics, identification.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    depiction, characteristic, characteristics, rating, identification, designation, definition, speciation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    qualification, profiling, categorization, fingerprinting, classification.

Characterisation Sentence Examples:

• Her characterisation of the part was somewhat devilish in itself; her work was striking, effective, and piquant, but not touched by much distinction.

• All of which, of course, touches neither the veracity of the characterisation nor the purpose with which so ungrateful a line of analysis and exposition has been entered upon.

Hypernym for Characterisation:

• n.

  • communication
    portrait, portraiture, portrayal, epithet.

Hyponym for Characterisation:

• n.

  • communication
    description, verbal description.