portrayal

por·tray·al  (pôr-trl, pr-)

n.

1. The act or process of depicting or portraying.

2. A representation or description.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character portrait, portraiture characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture - 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"
	2.	portrayal - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture personation, characterization, enactment acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama impression - an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician" persona, theatrical role, role, character, part - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
	3.	portrayal - a representation by picture or portraiture depicting, portraying, depiction representational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else mirror - a faithful depiction or reflection; "the best mirror is an old friend"
	4.	portrayal - any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits" portrait half-length - a portrait showing the body from only the waist up likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing self-portrait - a portrait of yourself created by yourself
	5.	portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etc delineation, depiction pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or painting portraiture - the activity of making portraits

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portrayal

noun 1. performance, interpretation, enacting, take (informal), chiefly U.S. acting, impersonation, performance as, characterization, personation (rare)

noun 2. depiction, picture, representation, sketch, rendering, delineation

noun 3. description, account, representation

noun 4. characterization, representation, depiction

Translations

portrayal [pɔːˈtreɪəl] n → representación f

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portrayal [pɔːˈtreɪəl] n → portrait m, représentation f

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portrayal [pɔːˈtreɪəl] portray n → Darstellung f

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portrayal [ˈpɔːtreɪəl] n → ritratto; rappresentazione f