depiction

[ dih-pik-shuhn ]

/ dɪˈpɪk ʃən /

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noun

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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How to use depiction in a sentence

His oil paintings have evolved into more mature depictions and advanced techniques.
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He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story.
Brooklyn’s Gangster Graveyard|Nina Strochlic|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While many of these depictions play into bisexual erasure, others reinforce harmful bisexual stereotypes.
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These depictions tend to be rather, shall we say, pyrotechnic.
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Depictions of fatherhood on the flatscreen have also made notable progress recently.
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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.
The Battle of Principles|Newell Dwight Hillis
In art it means sympathy in studying fellow-man and an attempt to tell the truth about him in all artistic depictions.
How to See a Play|Richard Burton
The emotional depictions of such episodes are at best but remote reflexes of reality.
Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning|Willard Huntington Wright
Was there pose in these depictions of Mr. Hugo Canning as a morose recluse?
V. V.'s Eyes|Henry Sydnor Harrison

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