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Synonyms for portrayal
pɔrˈtreɪ əl, poʊr-por·tray·al
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Princeton's WordNet
portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
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portraiture, characterization, depicting, depiction, portrait, delineation, portraying, enactment, personationportrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
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portraiture, personation, characterisation, portraying, enactment, depiction, word-painting, depicting, characterization, portrait, act, passage, impersonation, word picture, picture, delineationdepicting, depiction, portraying, portrayalnoun
a representation by picture or portraiture
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line drawing, characterization, depicting, depiction, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, enactment, picture, personationportrait, portrayalnoun
any likeness of a person, in any medium
"the photographer made excellent portraits"
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portraiture, characterization, depicting, personation, portrait, delineation, portraying, enactment, depictiondepiction, delineation, portrayalnoun
representation by drawing or painting etc
Synonyms:
line drawing, characterization, depicting, depiction, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, enactment, picture, personation
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
portrayalnoun
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delineation, painting, representation, sketchportrayalnoun
Synonyms:
description, account
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
portrayalnoun
Synonyms:
delineation, description, account, recital, painting, depiction
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "portrayal":
representation, portrait, image, picture, depiction, description
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#376 | image | |
#379 | description | |
#552 | act | |
#631 | picture | |
#3875 | representation | |
#5723 | passage | |
#5895 | portrait | |
#9475 | characterization | |
#16823 | enactment | |
#21407 | depicting | |
#25588 | depiction | |
#25922 | portrayal | |
#31397 | characterisation | |
#37013 | delineation | |
#38342 | portraying | |
#43107 | portraiture | |
#52549 | impersonation |
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Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights:
This is a cheap ‘Fatwa’ that is far from what Islam really stands for and is in violation of human rights, it is a portrayal of these murderers’ devilish-like behavior and low moral standing.
There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee’s [portrayal of Lando’s] sexuality, i mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it’s time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity ? sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald appeals to and that droids are a part of.
Just as Native American activists have demanded the removal ofChristopher Columbus statuesand pushed to transform the Columbus holiday into an acknowledgment of hisbrutality toward Indigenous people, Native American activists have long objected to the popular portrayal of Thanksgiving.
The catchy and sinister term ‘shadow docket’ has been used to portray the court as having been captured by a dangerous cabal that resorts to sneaky and improper methods to get its ways… This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court or damage it as an independent institution.
This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court and to damage it as an independent institution.
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