Synonyms for depiction
de·pic·tion

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1. word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun

   a graphic or vivid verbal description

   "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:
   personation, portrayal, flick, portraying, mental picture, film, moving picture, depicting, impression, limning, characterization, picture, motion-picture show, video, ikon, movie, scene, delineation, characterisation, word-painting, pic, line drawing, exposure, image, photo, motion picture, pictorial matter, photograph, icon, enactment, painting, word picture, moving-picture show, picture show

2. depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayalnoun

   a representation by picture or portraiture

   Synonyms:
   line drawing, characterization, depicting, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, portrayal, enactment, picture, personation

3. delineation, depiction, limning, line drawingnoun

   a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

   Synonyms:
   characterization, line drawing, characterisation, depicting, word-painting, limning, word picture, delineation, portrayal, portraying, picture

4. depiction, delineation, portrayalnoun

   representation by drawing or painting etc

   Synonyms:
   line drawing, characterization, depicting, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, delineation, word picture, portraying, portrayal, enactment, picture, personation

Matched Categories

1. • Drawing
   • Pictorial Representation
   • Representational Process

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1. depictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   portrayal, delineation, description, picture

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1. List of paraphrases for "depiction":

   representation, description, portrayal, portrait

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1. Eric Garcetti:

   I don’t think that ‘Night at the Museum’ was an accurate depiction of what happens when the lights go down at the Museum of Natural History, but it still could get people excited about history, i hope ‘San Andreas’ will be a good popcorn thriller that awakens people about the importance of getting prepared for the big quake that is long overdue to happen.

2. An Education:

   The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strives to ensure the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) data are an accurate and comprehensive depiction of student access to educational opportunities in school districts, for the 2021-22 CRDC, OCR will continue to collect data on the number of documented incidents of offenses committed by school staff, including rape or attempted rape, and sexual assault.These are data the CRDC has collected since 2015-16. We propose retiring data on the number of allegations made against school staff to reduce burden and duplication of data.This is a proposal and OCR welcomes feedbackon this proposal from the public during the 60-day comment period.

3. An Education:

   The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) strives to ensure the Civil Rights Data Collection(CRDC) data are an accurate and comprehensive depiction of student access to educational opportunities in school districts, for the 2021-22 CRDC, OCR will continue to collect data on the number of documented incidents of offenses committed by school staff, including rape or attempted rape, and sexual assault.These are data the CRDC has collected since 2015-16.We propose retiring data on the number of allegations made against school staff to reduce burden and duplication of data.This is a proposal and OCR welcomes feedbackon this proposal from the public during the 60-day comment period.

4. Eric Beeson:

   I appreciated the depiction of suicide as a process. There is no singular cause for suicide, and the show depicted the cumulative effect of multiple life experiences leading up to Hannah's suicide. Even though I don't like that the show sometimes vilified the people in the tapes as the 'reasons' why Hannah killed herself, one narrative that has been lost in the controversy about this show is the belief by some of the characters that things had to get better, they had to care and treat one another better.

5. Khaled Abo El Hamd:

   These masks show high craftsmanship in Sculpture and depiction of the features of its owners.