depictverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈpɪkt/us/dɪˈpɪkt/C2 to represent or show something in a picture or story:
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.
[ + -ing verb ] People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.
More examples
- In the film, he is able to depict the sense of otherness and alienation that many teenagers feel.
- The rock drawings depict a variety of stylized human, bird and mythological figures and patterns.
- Cupid is usually depicted as a winged boy with a bow and arrow.
- John Bull is traditionally depicted as a short fat man wearing a waistcoat with the British flag on it.
- In the film she's depicted as a very cold and calculating character.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Representation in art & in general
- capture
- depiction
- perspective
- poetic licence
- portray
- realism
- represent
- representation
- representational
- semiotics
- simulacrum
- stylized
- symbolic
- symbolism