About The Word Depiction

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Depiction

Depiction Meaning & Definition
Depiction Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Depiction?

[n] representation by drawing or painting etc
[n] a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
[n] a representation by picture or portraiture
[n] a graphic or vivid verbal description; "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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Depiction: characterisation | characterization | delineation | delineation | delineation | depicting | limning | line drawing | picture | portrayal | portrayal | portraying | word picture | word-painting

Related Terms | Find terms related to Depiction: alphabet | art | blueprint | cameo | catalog | cataloging | character | character sketch | charactering | characterization | chart | choreography | conventional representation | dance notation | delineation | demonstration | depictment | description | details | diagram | drama | drawing | evocation | exemplification | figuration | graphic account | hieroglyphic | iconography | ideogram | illustration | image | imagery | imaging | impression | itemization | letter | limning | logogram | logograph | map | musical notation | notation | particularization | photograph | pictogram | picture | picturization | plan | portrait | portraiture | portrayal | prefigurement | presentment | printing | profile | projection | realization | rendering | rendition | representation | schema | score | script | sketch | specification | syllabary | symbol | tablature | vignette | vivid description | word painting | writing

See Also | animalization | description | drawing | epithet | mirror | pictorial representation | picturing | portrait | portraiture | portraiture | portrayal | representational process | verbal description

Depiction In Webster's Dictionary

\De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.] A painting or depicting; a representation.

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