Main entry: portrayal, personation, enactment, characterization
Definition: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Main entry: characterisation, characterization
Definition: the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features
Usage: the media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd
Main entry: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture
Definition: a graphic or vivid verbal description
Usage: 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