portrayal of
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4.1
- noun
- /pɔrˈtreɪəl ʌv/
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representación
- APALA also presents awards for adult and children's books with outstanding portrayals of the Asian Pacific American heritage.
- accurate portrayal of
- fictional portrayal of
- popular portrayals of
What he does do is give us a lot of portrayals of how this comes about.
- What he does do is give us a lot of portrayals of how this comes about.
- It is gaslighting because it is in essence a denial of reality and a portrayal of normal emotion after betrayal as dysfunctional.
- Now, we know intuitively everybody understands that people die of different things at different ages, and this is a nice portrayal of that fact.
- This is a very, very telling portrayal of what's happening and I think we should all, we should all see it and reflect on it.
- When I reflect on portrayals of robots, mostly through cinema and other forms of storytelling, you know, they they always make them look human.
- One woman wrote to me and said she hated my portrayal of George W Bush.
- In fact, it's interesting the portrayal of of Sinatra.
- That's the equivalent of what they're doing with their portrayal of these documents.
- But but the portrayal of the black family, there were two instances.
- As a result, their opinion or portrayal of you as being crazy is easier to sell.
Examples
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Your performance was one of, if not the greatest portrayal of a murderer on screen ever.
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This is the most daring portrayal of Don Giovanni I've ever seen.
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It's a positive portrayal of a very complex man.
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Do we feel that this is a very accurate portrayal of events?
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Your drawing is an interesting visual portrayal of yourself.
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Longer implementation may have allowed for a more accurate portrayal of the effectiveness of the program.
Academic text (2015) -
Do the illustrations reflect an authentic portrayal of physical features and other details?
Academic text (1999) -
The birthday presents offer a true and honest portrayal of Mexican culture.
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It's a gritty and honest portrayal of the complexities of hobo society.
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The actor won an Oscar for his portrayal of stock swindler Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
Synonyms
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4.0
A written or spoken description of a person's appearance and character
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3.5
A picture or model that shows what something looks like
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4.4
A way of showing a person or thing in art and performance
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4.0
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
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5.1
A way a performer presents a work to show their view
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4.2
A way of showing a character's personality and actions in a play or film by speech and movement
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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
Surface Forms
Morphology
portrayal + of
The meaning is directly compositional: 'portrayal' (depiction/representation) combined with the preposition 'of' (indicating the target) yields 'the act or result of representing someone or something.' This noun + of-construction is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Portrayal of comes from the simple image of an artist or writer who portrays someone by making a picture and choosing light, clothes, and action to shape that view. That's why portrayal of means 'how someone or something is shown'.