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单词 characterization
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characterizationn.

Brit. /ˌkarᵻkt(ə)rʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɛr(ə)ktərəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌkɛr(ə)ktəˌraɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s–1600s 1800s– characterization, 1800s– characterisation.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: character n., -ization suffix; characterize v., -ation suffix.
Etymology: Partly < character n. + -ization suffix, and partly (especially in later use) < characterize v. + -ation suffix.In sense 1b after French caractérisation (1870 in this sense, in caractérisation permanente: A. de Quatrefages Charles Darwin et ses précurseurs français i. iii. 123; 1840 in sense ‘description or analysis of the character of a person or thing’).
1.
a. (a) The quality or character imparted to something; (b) the imparting of a distinct character or identity to something. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > shaping
moulding1327
shapinga1350
forming1401
plasmation?a1475
framing1551
figuration1561
characterization1570
efformation1578
modelizing1600
fictilage1610
shapening1647
modelling1706
licking1737
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Symmetrie..Characterization..of any parcell of the sayd body.
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 242 How much may be ascribed to, and performed by, the Mechanical Characterization or Stamp of Matter: Of which we have a noble Instance in Gunpowder, wherein by a bare comminution and blending the Ingredients, Nitre, Charcoal, and Brimstone..there is produced a new Body.
b. permanent characterization n. Biology (now historical) the (supposed) evolutionary principle that significant modifications are retained by all subsequent members of a lineage.This principle was attributed by some to Darwin, but originated in the critique of his theory by Quatrefages, who thought that it prevented organisms of one distinct type from evolving into those of another.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > characterization
permanent characterization1878
1878 tr. A. De Quatrefages in E. B. Pusey Un-sci., not Sci., Adverse Faith 46 The result of these facts, in view of the logical application of the law of permanent characterisation, is, that man cannot descend from an ancestor already characterised as an ape.
1906 Irish Eccl. Rec. Feb. 129 Evolution is based on two principles;..(2) the law of permanent Characterization, which means that if an organism is once modified in a definite direction, it retains the mark of this modification during further stages.
1964 Hispania 47 734/2 Basic physical differences..run counter to Darwin's own law of permanent characterization.
2. A description or analysis of the character of someone or something; a portrayal in words. Also: an instance or the process of specifying the identifying qualities of something.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun]
descrivingc1325
declaration1382
descriptiona1387
devisementc1400
descrying1440
presentmentc1454
describing1553
delineation1578
display1583
presentation1597
representationa1602
diction1604
characterism1608
deciphera1670
characterization1801
redescription1839
descriptivism1935
1801 Monthly Mag. Jan. 504/1 To the characterization of Klopstock other observations belong. Some German critics have called Milton the Homer, and Klopstock the Virgil, of modern religion.
1812 H. Weber Tales of East I. p. lv He..instituted an annual prize for the best characterization of one of the passions.
1856 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 18 470 The characterization may be revised as follows :—Order Hydroida. Fam.——*. Genus Reticularia. [Etc.].
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 95 John the Baptist's characterisation of the Messiah.
1915 E. M. House Diary 10 July in C. Seymour Intimate Papers Col. House (1926) I. v. 129 The President's characterization of himself as ‘a man with a one-track mind’ is all too true.
1948 E. A. Kabat & M. M. Mayer Exper. Immunochem. i. 5 The application of immunochemical methods has..become a valuable tool in the characterization of proteins and polysaccharides.
2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 Oct. 39/2 He offers subtle characterizations of his parents and his brother.
3. The creation or construction of fictitious characters; an instance of this.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > creation or description of characters
personification1814
characterization1815
importraiture1834
1815 J. Black tr. A. W. Schlegel Course Lect. Dramatic Art II. xi. 49 Comic characterisation [Ger. Die komische Charakteristik] would soon be at an end were there really only one character of the miser.
1821 Stage 12 Apr. 14 The plot of the Tragedy is still more faulty than the characterization.
1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 508 A force of characterization, worthy of the genius of Shakespeare.
1870 Athenæum 21 May 681 Touchstone and Audrey..showing capital characterizations, dashingly and spiritedly painted.
1916 A. J. Tieje (title) The theory of characterization in prose fiction prior to 1740.
1953 L. S. de Camp Sci.-fiction Handbk. 162 His stories are space-operatic with a strong technological bent; little characterization or motivation, but lots of fast action, cosmic gadgetry, and ribald wit.
2004 Time Out 25 Aug. 73/4 This..psycho-thriller lunges from set-piece to set-piece with scant regard for logic, characterisation or narrative structure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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