English noun: depiction | |||
1. | depiction (communication) a graphic or vivid verbal description | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word picture, word-painting | ||
Broader (hypernym) | description, verbal description | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | epithet, portrait, portraiture, portrayal | ||
2. | depiction (cognition) a representation by picture or portraiture | ||
Synonyms | depicting, portrayal, portraying | ||
Broader (hypernym) | representational process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mirror | ||
3. | depiction (artifact) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | ||
Synonyms | delineation, limning, line drawing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drawing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | animalization | ||
4. | depiction (act) representation by drawing or painting etc | ||
Synonyms | delineation, portrayal | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pictorial representation, picturing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | portraiture | ||