"characterization" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: characterizations [plural]
Etymology: characterize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|characterize|ation}} characterize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun}} characterization (plural characterizations)
  1. The act or process of characterizing. Wikipedia link: characterization Synonyms: characterisation [Commonwealth] Derived forms: characterizational, self-characterization, subcharacterization Translations (act or process of characterizing): ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), carauterización [feminine] (Asturian), характеризиране (harakterizirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), caracterització [feminine] (Catalan), charakterizace [feminine] (Czech), luonnehtiminen (Finnish), luonnehdinta (Finnish), caractérisation [feminine] (French), caracterización [feminine] (Galician), Charakterisierung [feminine] (German), χαρακτηρισμός (charaktirismós) [masculine] (Greek), carachtracht [feminine] (Irish), caratterizzazione [feminine] (Italian), raksturošana [feminine] (Latvian), raksturojums [masculine] (Latvian), caracterização [Brazil, Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), caraterização [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), caracterizare [feminine] (Romanian), характери́стика (xarakterístika) [feminine] (Russian), caracterización (Spanish), ìfìwàwẹ̀dá (Yoruba)

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