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PORTRAYAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Synonyms:
characterization; enactment; personation; portrayal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("portrayal" is a kind of...):
acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portrayal"):
impression (an impressionistic portrayal of a person)
character; part; persona; role; theatrical role (an actor's portrayal of someone in a play)
Derivation:
portray (assume or act the character of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Representation by drawing or painting etc
Synonyms:
delineation; depiction; portrayal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("portrayal" is a kind of...):
pictorial representation; picturing (visual representation as by photography or painting)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portrayal"):
portraiture (the activity of making portraits)
Derivation:
portray (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any likeness of a person, in any medium
Example:
the photographer made excellent portraits
Synonyms:
portrait; portrayal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("portrayal" is a kind of...):
likeness; semblance (picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portrayal"):
half-length (a portrait showing the body from only the waist up)
self-portrait (a portrait of yourself created by yourself)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A representation by picture or portraiture
Synonyms:
depicting; depiction; portrayal; portraying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("portrayal" 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 "portrayal"):
mirror (a faithful depiction or reflection)
Derivation:
portray (make a portrait of)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A word picture of a person's appearance and character
Synonyms:
portrait; portraiture; portrayal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("portrayal" is a kind of...):
characterisation; characterization; delineation; depiction; picture; word-painting; word picture (a graphic or vivid verbal description)
Derivation:
portray (portray in words)
