Definitions For Characterization

noun

  • Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  • The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
  • A graphic or vivid verbal description
  • The act of describing the character or qualities of someone or something
  • The way a writer makes a person in a story, book, play, movie, or television show seem like a real person

Is Characterizations a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
33
Words with Friends
35

The word Characterization is worth 33 points in Scrabble and 35 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Characterization in a Sentence

  • The reporter was criticized for his characterization of the people of the town as poor and uneducated.
  • News reporting requires accurate characterization.
  • The class discussed the author's characterization of the boy as someone who wanted to be accepted by others.

Synonyms for Characterization

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