depictionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/dɪˈpɪk.ʃən/us/dɪˈpɪk.ʃən/the way that something is represented or shown:
The painter's depictions of the horror of war won her a worldwide reputation.
I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Representation in art & in general
- capture
- depict
- perspective
- poetic licence
- portray
- realism
- represent
- representation
- representational
- semiotics
- simulacrum
- stylized
- symbolic
- symbolism