The phrase "although he characterizes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or exception regarding how someone describes or defines something.
Example: "Although he characterizes the situation as dire, many believe there is still hope for improvement."
Alternatives: "even though he describes" or "despite his characterization".
Although he characterizes himself as Mackinac Island's second largest tourist attraction this summer — "Eat the fudge, then see Chris Reeve" — he is not really performing for the tourists who have parked their bicycles on the sand and sit among the buttercups to watch.
Although he characterizes his proposal as "pro-good government" and not "anti-New York City," he expresses a view held by many of Staten Island's 500,000 or so residents, namely that they get the fuzzy end of the municipal lollipop.
As for payment, he confirms the rate is "generous" although he characterizes it as "by no means excessive for a feature of this size and complexity".
Although he characterizes himself as highly successful and accomplished, it is revealed by Maude that he is simply "allowed" to run some of the philanthropic efforts of her mother's estate, and that he actually does not have money of his own.
Although he characterized it as significant, Mr. Humphrey added that there were no reports of damage in or around the neighborhoods near the epicenter.
Dr. Morrissey said the label did not adequately warn of significant medical risks, although he characterized Graves' injury as a "rare phenomenon". Dr. Moore suggested that only if "you replace the biceps [in the company's logo] with a skull and cross bones" was it possible that "maybe somebody would notice" the warning.
When he was approximately 15, Stiller obtained a small part with one line on the television soap opera Guiding Light, although in an interview he characterized his performance as poor.
He also said that some of the prisoners were remorseful, although he also characterized them as so ill-informed that some of them appeared not to have known of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Although he consistently characterized the idea of a personal God who answers prayers as na?, and life after death as wishful thinking, Einstein resented being held up as some embodiment of atheism, which he associated with the same intolerance as that of religious fanatics.
He characterized the media claims — although defining physical storage media — as nothing more than the same underlying method of reducing settlement risk "in the guise of a device".
Ms. Farrow's lawyer, Eleanor B. Alter, did not specifically challenge the report, although she characterized it as inaccurate.
