portrayal

portrayal
noun
1. acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑personate (for: ↑personation), ↑enact (for: ↑enactment), ↑portray
• Hypernyms: ↑acting, ↑playing, ↑playacting, ↑performing
• Hyponyms: ↑impression, ↑character, ↑role, ↑theatrical role, ↑part, ↑persona
2. a word picture of a person's appearance and character (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑portraiture, ↑portrait
• Derivationally related forms: ↑portray (for: ↑portrait), ↑portray (for: ↑portraiture), ↑portray
• Hypernyms:
3. a representation by picture or portraiture
• Syn: ↑depicting, ↑depiction, ↑portraying
• Derivationally related forms: ↑portray, ↑portray (for: ↑portraying), ↑depict (for: ↑depiction), ↑depict (for: ↑depicting)
• Hypernyms: ↑representational process
• Hyponyms: ↑mirror
4. representation by drawing or painting etc
• Syn: ↑depiction, ↑delineation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑portray, ↑delineate (for: ↑delineation), ↑depict (for: ↑depiction)
• Hypernyms: ↑pictorial representation, ↑picturing
• Hyponyms: ↑portraiture
5. any likeness of a person, in any medium
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the photographer made excellent portraits

• Syn: ↑portrait
• Hypernyms: ↑likeness, ↑semblance
• Hyponyms: ↑half-length, ↑self-portrait

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