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DEPICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Representation by drawing or painting etc
Synonyms:
delineation; depiction; portrayal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("depiction" is a kind of...):
pictorial representation; picturing (visual representation as by photography or painting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depiction"):
portraiture (the activity of making portraits)
Derivation:
depict (show in, or as in, a picture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Synonyms:
delineation; depiction; limning; line drawing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("depiction" is a kind of...):
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depiction"):
animalization (a depiction in the form of an animal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A representation by picture or portraiture
Synonyms:
depicting; depiction; portrayal; portraying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("depiction" is a kind of...):
representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depiction"):
mirror (a faithful depiction or reflection)
Derivation:
depict (make a portrait of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A graphic or vivid verbal description
Example:
the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
Synonyms:
characterisation; characterization; delineation; depiction; picture; word-painting; word picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("depiction" is a kind of...):
description; verbal description (a statement that represents something in words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "depiction"):
epithet (descriptive word or phrase)
portrait; portraiture; portrayal (a word picture of a person's appearance and character)
Derivation:
depict (give a description of)
