Hypertext Webster Gateway: "depiction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depiction \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.]
A painting or depicting; a representation.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
depiction
n 1: 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"
[syn: {word picture}, {word-painting}, {delineation}, {picture},
{characterization}, {characterisation}]
2: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: {depicting},
{portraying}, {portrayal}]
3: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn: {delineation},
{limning}, {line drawing}]
4: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: {delineation},
{portrayal}]
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