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char·ac·ter·i·sa·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun

    a graphic or vivid verbal description

    "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"

  2. characterization, characterisationnoun

    the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

    "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd"

Wikipedia

  1. characterisation

    Characterization or characterisation is the representation of persons (or other beings or creatures) in narrative and dramatic works. The term character development is sometimes used as a synonym. This representation may include direct methods like the attribution of qualities in description or commentary, and indirect (or "dramatic") methods inviting readers to infer qualities from characters' actions, dialogue, or appearance. Such a personage is called a character. Character is a literary element.

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  1. characterisation

    Characterisation is a literary device used in narrative writing to develop and intricately describe characters within a story, play, or a novel. This involves presenting their physical appearance, personality traits, beliefs, behaviors, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and changes they undergo throughout the story, allowing readers to understand them in depth and thereby enhancing reader engagement and empathy.

Wikidata

  1. Characterisation

    In conflict of laws, characterisation is the second stage in the procedure to resolve a lawsuit involving a foreign law element. This process is described in English law as classification and as qualification in French law. In those cases where a different result would be achieved depending on which of several possibly relevant laws is applied, this stage of the process reveals the relevant rule for the choice of law but it is not necessarily a simple process. The first stage is for the court to determine whether it has jurisdiction, where appropriate confronting the problem of forum shopping.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of characterisation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of characterisation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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