Associations to the word «Characterisation»

Wiktionary

CHARACTERISATION, noun. (British spelling) Alternative form of characterization

Dictionary definition

CHARACTERISATION, noun. 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".
CHARACTERISATION, noun. The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features; "the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky