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How to pronounce depiction in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms delineation, portrayal
Type of pictorial representation, picturing
Has types portraiture
Derivation depict
Type Words
Synonyms delineation, limning, line drawing
Type of drawing
Has types animalization
Type Words
Synonyms depicting, portrayal, portraying
Type of representational process
Has types mirror
Derivation depict
Type Words
Synonyms characterisation, characterization, delineation, picture, word-painting, word picture
Type of verbal description, description
Has types epithet, portrait, portraiture, portrayal
Derivation depict

Examples of depiction

depiction
Where the analysis falls short is in its depiction of all Darfuris as good guys.
From the time.com
Its depiction of not-quite-human consciousness recalls Golding's The Inheritors.
From the guardian.co.uk
Thank you for that surely ironic depiction of demonizing your political enemies.
From the economist.com
A depiction of the illicit harvesting of the organs of Falun Gong practitioners.
From the theepochtimes.com
The Vogue photographs aren't meant to be an unvarnished depiction of Gillibrand.
From the washingtonpost.com
Da Vinci Code was rebuked by the church and others for its depiction of history.
From the usatoday.com
The stickier part is Moore's depiction of Bush as unscrupulous and self-serving.
From the usatoday.com
Most Muslims regard any depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as an insult to Islam.
From the voanews.com
It's a brilliant depiction of life in the Auckland chapter of the Hell's Angels.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Word 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"
  • Depicting: a representation by picture or portraiture
  • Delineation: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
  • (depict) picture: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
  • (depict) describe: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
  • (depict) portray: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
  • (depicted) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
  • (depictive) delineative: depicted in a recognizable manner
  • Depiction is meaning conveyed through pictures. Basically, a picture maps an object to a two-dimensional scheme or picture plane. ...