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WORD-PAINTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 ("word-painting" is a kind of...):
description; verbal description (a statement that represents something in words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "word-painting"):
epithet (descriptive word or phrase)
portrait; portraiture; portrayal (a word picture of a person's appearance and character)
