portrayal

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portrayal

  • /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/ US

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noun portrayals

  1. The act of portraying.
  2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait. 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...

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Closest in meaning: depiction, delineation, portraiture, enactment, portrait, depicting, portraying, describe, narrative, representing, representational, representation, description, presentation, interpretation, characterization

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noun act of portraying

हिन्दीचित्रांकन citrāṅkan

noun result of portraying

हिन्दीचित्र citra, चित्रण citraṇ

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@misc{portrayal_2026,
  title = {portrayal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/portrayal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}