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characterization

[kar-ik-ter-uh-zey-shuhn, -truh-zey-] / ˌkær ɪk tər əˈzeɪ ʃən, -trəˈzeɪ- /






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The book insists, also—as other historians have done—on offering shop-worn characterizations of Franco as a man of “sparse political philosophy,” without great or grand ideas.

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But he would most certainly object to that characterization.

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This ambitious and important exhibition shows him to be an artist of far greater versatility than this characterization implies.

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Mr. Weitzman’s text, to his credit as a journalist, is littered with rejoinders from team representatives disputing his characterization of events.

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A representative for the company said: “We don’t agree with Maersk’s characterization of the circumstances and that is partly why we initiated legal action against Maersk.”

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