diorama
noun
di·ora·ma ˌdī-ə-ˈra-mə 
-ˈrä-
-ˈrä- 1
: a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening
2
a
: a scenic representation in which sculptured figures and lifelike details are displayed usually in miniature so as to blend indistinguishably with a realistic painted background
b
: a life-size exhibit (as of a wildlife specimen or scene) with realistic natural surroundings and a painted background
dioramic
ˌdī-ə-ˈra-mik
adjective -ˈrä-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In May, Bukele revealed new 3D renders and a diorama for Bitcoin City. 
Daniel Alvarenga, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 From the hotel's Butterfly Bar terrace, the city is a dazzling Renaissance diorama in ochre, terra-cotta, and marble. Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022 Still, Huntt remembers picking up crack pipes on the street and incorporating them into a grade-school diorama. Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 June 2022 Along with a diorama of Bigfoot in a wilderness, the collection includes plaster footprint casts, pop-culture items, photographs and assorted ephemera. Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 The room, with its stark simplicity and display-case orientation, looks like a diorama at a natural-history museum. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 To this impressive diorama, the zoo sought to introduce an equally impressive animal. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 Walking into the Hotel Jerome is stepping into a John Wayne diorama, the site of Hunter S. Thompson's infamous Sherrif Campaign headquarters. Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2022 Their references for Irene and Franklin’s planet included the three-dimensional diorama of the moon at the Natural History Museum. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2022 See More
Daniel Alvarenga, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022 From the hotel's Butterfly Bar terrace, the city is a dazzling Renaissance diorama in ochre, terra-cotta, and marble. Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022 Still, Huntt remembers picking up crack pipes on the street and incorporating them into a grade-school diorama. Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 June 2022 Along with a diorama of Bigfoot in a wilderness, the collection includes plaster footprint casts, pop-culture items, photographs and assorted ephemera. Tanya Ward Goodman, Washington Post, 26 May 2022 The room, with its stark simplicity and display-case orientation, looks like a diorama at a natural-history museum. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022 To this impressive diorama, the zoo sought to introduce an equally impressive animal. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 Walking into the Hotel Jerome is stepping into a John Wayne diorama, the site of Hunter S. Thompson's infamous Sherrif Campaign headquarters. Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2022 Their references for Irene and Franklin’s planet included the three-dimensional diorama of the moon at the Natural History Museum. Emily Burack, Town & Country, 7 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from dia- + -orama (as in panorama, from English)
First Known Use
1823, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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