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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a graphic or vivid verbal description;
- Example: "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
- Example: "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
- Example: "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
[syn: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation]

2. a representation by picture or portraiture;
[syn: depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal]

3. a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects;
[syn: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing]

4. representation by drawing or painting etc;
[syn: depiction, delineation, portrayal]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depiction \De*pic"tion\, n. [L. depictio.]
   A painting or depicting; a representation.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depiction
    n 1: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the
         narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the
         author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the
         pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous
         Vermonters" [syn: word picture, word-painting,
         delineation, depiction, picture, characterization,
         characterisation]
    2: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: depicting,
       depiction, portraying, portrayal]
    3: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn:
       delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing]
    4: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction,
       delineation, portrayal]