depiction

[ dih-pik-shuhn ]

/ dɪˈpɪk ʃən /

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representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration: Picasso's painting Guernica is an accurate depiction of the horrors of war.

representation or characterization in words: Mark Twain's letters are a clear depiction of his life and times.

an act or instance of depicting.

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He finally thought he saw a halo around the orator's head, like the one seen in the old masters' depictions of saints.
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