About The Word Portrayal

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Portrayal

Portrayal Meaning & Definition
Portrayal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Portrayal?

[n] acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
[n] representation by drawing or painting etc
[n] any likeness of a person; "the photographer made excellent portraits"
[n] a representation by picture or portraiture
[n] a word picture of a person's appearance and character

Synonyms | Synonyms for Portrayal: characterization | delineation | depicting | depiction | depiction | enactment | personation | portrait | portrait | portraiture | portraying

Related Terms | Find terms related to Portrayal: acting | alphabet | aping | art | blueprint | buffoonery | business | cameo | catalog | cataloging | character | character sketch | charactering | characterization | chart | choreography | conventional representation | dance notation | delineation | demonstration | depiction | depictment | description | details | diagram | drama | drawing | dumb show | embodiment | enacting | enactment | evocation | exemplification | figuration | gag | graphic account | ham | hammy acting | head | hieroglyphic | hoke | hokum | iconography | ideogram | illustration | image | imagery | imaging | imitation | impersonation | impression | incarnation | itemization | letter | limning | logogram | logograph | map | masquerade | mimesis | mimicking | mimicry | miming | miniature | mummery | musical notation | notation | overacting | pantomime | pantomiming | particularization | patter | performance | performing | personation | personification | photograph | pictogram | picture | picturization | plan | playacting | playing | portrait | portraiture | posing | prefigurement | presentment | printing | profile | projection | realization | rendering | rendition | representation | schema | score | script | silhouette | sketch | slapstick | specification | stage business | stage directions | stage presence | stunt | syllabary | symbol | tablature | taking a role | vignette | vivid description | word painting | writing

See Also | acting | character | characterisation | characterization | delineation | depiction | half-length | impression | likeness | mirror | part | performing | persona | pictorial representation | picture | picturing | playacting | playing | portraiture | representational process | role | semblance | theatrical role | word picture | word-painting

Portrayal In Webster's Dictionary

\Por*tray"al\, n. The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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