portrayal

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pɔː^rˈtreɪəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɔrˈtreɪəl;/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pôr trā′əl, pōr-)

por•tray•al /pɔrˈtreɪəl;/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

the act of portraying something.
the act of describing something:his portrayal of all politicians as thieves and liars.
a performance, as in a play or movie:the actress's portrayal of a waitress.

por•tray•al (pôr trā′əl, pōr-),USA pronunciation n.

the act of portraying.
a portrait.

portray + -al² 1840–50

'portrayal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Camus - Fields - Fitzgerald - literalism - McQueen - socialist realism - truth - truthful - characterization - devastating - personification - plaudit - raw - representation - representationalism

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Synonyms: depiction, replica, likeness, copy, description, more...

Collocations: [an accurate, a striking, a realistic, an honest, a beautiful, a stark] portrayal, the portrayal was [accurate], the [painter's, artist's, writer's] portrayal of, more...

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