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portrayal|pɔːˈtreɪəl|
[f. portray v. + -al1 5.]
The action of portraying (or its product); delineation, picturing; a picture, portrait. a. lit. Pictorial representation.
1847Webster, Portrayal, the act of portraying. 1872‘Ouida’ Crayon Head (ed. Tauchn.) 82 It is a bad portrayal of [her] face. 1881Times 4 Jan. 3/5 One of the most marvellous feats, however, of photography is the portrayal of the motion of trotting, cantering, and galloping horses by Mr. Muybridge in America.
b. fig. Representation in general (e.g. mental, dramatic); esp. verbal picturing, graphic description.
1859C. Barker Assoc. Princ. iii. 62 The reproduction and pourtrayal of manners and of scenes which pertain to an age..passed away. 1875McClellan New Test., Harmony 374 An essential unity in the several portrayals of his Work and Person. 1884Times (weekly ed.) 26 Sept. 6/2 Feeling genuine contempt for the pourtrayal of meanness, treachery, &c. |