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Characterization

The act or process of characterizing.

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Broader term 4

Acting 76% connected

of Act

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Performing 76% connected

of Perform

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Playing 76% connected

of Play

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Narrower term 9

Character 76% connected

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

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Epithet 76% connected

An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verda…

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Impression 76% connected

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Persona 76% connected

Same as Person, n., 8.

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Portrait 76% connected

The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.

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Portraiture 76% connected

A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

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Portrayal 76% connected

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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Role 76% connected

A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of phila…

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Qualify 74% connected

To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the k…

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Reenact 74% connected

To enact again.

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Reenact 74% connected

To enact again.

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Synonym 6

Delineation 92% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

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Depiction 92% connected

A painting or depicting; a representation.

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Enactment 92% connected

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law.

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Personation 92% connected

The act of personating, or conterfeiting the person or character of another.

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Picture 92% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Portrayal 92% connected

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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