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US
/ˌkɛɹəktɝɪˈzeɪʃən/
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NOUN
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the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd -
a graphic or vivid verbal description
too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
How To Use characterization In A Sentence
- The four proteins that bound and eluted to the greatest extent were expressed in Escherichia coli as C-terminal fusion proteins of maltose binding protein (MBP), as the solubilities of the free proteins were too low to permit full characterization. A Disclaimer for Behe?
- Well, you know, I'm a little confused by your characterization of this as though because a person has served a jail sentence that that somehow erases the fact that they committed a crime.
- Pur - ification, partial characterization and preparation of antiserum to the en - zyme. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- From what will be said, it will be seen that neither the characterization nor the name is completely accurate.
- The script lacks any such subtleties and none of the cast is skillful enough to be able to suggest any depth beyond the script's superficial characterizations.
- Kenji Kamiyama succeeds in all the ways that Oshii fails: characterization, dialogue, depicting the nitty-gritty lived experience of the future. MIND MELD: Anime Film Favorites (+ The Top 14 Anime Films of All Time!)
- He offers a fully rounded characterization of a sensitive, self-aware being who just happens to be a lower primate.
- Too many of the characterizations tend towards the stereotypical.
- John J. Kasianowicz et al., “Characterization of individual polynucleotide molecules using a membrane channel,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 93 1996, 13770–13773. The $1,000 Genome
- And just briefly skimming what I can find on counterintuition on the net, it seems that treatment of counterintuitive statements in terms of, effectively, pseudo-propositions, is an unusual characterization. Archive 2005-01-01