Meaning of DEPICTION
| Pronunciation: | | dup'ikshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | characterisation, characterization, delineation, delineation, delineation, depicting, limning, line drawing, picture, portrayal, portrayal, portraying, word picture, word-painting |
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| | See Also: | | animalization, description, drawing, epithet, mirror, pictorial representation, picturing, portrait, portraiture, portraiture, portrayal, representational process, verbal description | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.]
A painting or depicting; a representation.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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