portrayal
The act of portrayingThe act of portraying.
» Pornography is a sinful and immoral portrayal of human sexuality.
Meaning
2 sensesThe act of portraying.
The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
- a word picture of a person's appearance and character
- any likeness of a person, in any medium
- representation by drawing or painting etc
Examples
4 sentencesPornography is a sinful and immoral portrayal of human sexuality.
That film was an extremely inaccurate portrayal of key historical events.
deDieser Film war eine höchst ungenaue Darstellung bedeutsamer historischer Ereignisse.
Furry enthusiasts assert that popular media portrayals have told a very misleading story about their fandom.
On their itinerary, they will hear a variety of portrayals of old inhabitants, the sea, the coast, the fishing and the agriculture.
deAuf ihrem Rundgang werden sie unterschiedliche Schilderungen hören, in denen alte Bewohner, das Meer, die Küste, die Fischerei und die Landarbeit einige der wesentlichen Themen sind.
Origin
From portray + -al.From portray + -al.
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Forms
plural: portrayals| Singular | portrayal |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture:characterizationenactmentpersonation
- a word picture of a person's appearance and character:portraitureportrait
- any likeness of a person, in any medium:portrait
- representation by drawing or painting etc:depictiondelineation
- a representation by picture or portraiture:depictingdepictionportraying