portrayal
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4.0
- noun
- /pɔrˈtreɪəl/
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- The artist's latest painting is a stunning portrayal of the local landscape, capturing its vibrant colors.
- a visual portrayal
Examples
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But in the same room, very close by, is Benjamin West's portrayal of exactly the same scene and titled The Death of Nelson.
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Your drawing is an interesting visual portrayal of yourself.
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Figure 1 provides a visual portrayal of the model as estimated in the present study.
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In this respect, the movie portrayal of wolves is clearly fiction.
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Ancient San rock art is the basis for this contemporary portrayal of the pleasures of the beach.
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The portrayal of women here contrasts with the asexual representations of royal women in court art.
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Coming up in a minute with JD, how does he think Glenn Close did in her portrayal of Mammaw?
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APALA also presents awards for adult and children's books with outstanding portrayals of the Asian Pacific American heritage.
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Several of your examples are realistic portrayals; they're just not the hyperrealism that you're used to today.
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Albrecht Dürer produced a well-known portrayal of melancholy in 1514 (Figure 1).
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
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3.2
A picture showing a person, made by a painter or photographer
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3.0
A painting or sculpture that shows an artist's idea
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3.5
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
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2.8
A picture in a book that helps explain or decorate the text
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2.7
A picture that shows a place or scene
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4.0
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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4.1
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
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5.8
A picture or computer image that shows how a building will look
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6.7
A drawing that shows the outlines or shapes of things
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4.3
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
An image like a photo that shows a person, place, or thing
Compounds
How Lifelike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Portrayal comes from the verb portray and is linked to portrait, both about making a 'likeness' or image of someone. So a portrayal in a painting, sculpture, or photo is literally the showing of how a person looks or seems.