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Depiction   /dɪpˈɪkʃən/   Listen
Depiction

noun
1.
A graphic or vivid verbal description.  Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word-painting, word picture.  "The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland" , "The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
2.
A representation by picture or portraiture.  Synonyms: depicting, portrayal, portraying.
3.
A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects.  Synonyms: delineation, limning, line drawing.
4.
Representation by drawing or painting etc.  Synonyms: delineation, portrayal.






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"Depiction" Quotes from Famous Books



... unusual with Trollope, is the depiction of the public-house, 'The Pig and Whistle', in Norfolk Street, the landlady, Mrs. Davis, and the barmaid, Norah Geraghty. We can almost smell the gin, the effluvia of stale beer, the bad tobacco, hear the simpers and see the sidlings of Norah, feel sick with ...
— The Three Clerks • Anthony Trollope

... fields Pyle's work may be equaled, surpassed, save in one. It is improbable that anyone else will ever bring his combination of interest and talent to the depiction of these old-time Pirates, any more than there could be a second Remington to paint the now extinct Indians and gun-fighters of the ...
— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard I. Pyle



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