Portrayal — Por*tray al, n. The act or process of portraying; description; delineation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
portrayal — index caricature, delineation, description, narration, part (role), representation (statement), st … Law dictionary
portrayal — 1834, from PORTRAY (Cf. portray) + AL (Cf. al) (2) … Etymology dictionary
portrayal — [pôr trā′əl] n. 1. the act of portraying 2. a portrait; description; representation … English World dictionary
portrayal — [[t]pɔː(r)tre͟ɪəl[/t]] portrayals 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu poss N of n An actor s portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character. Mr Ying is well known for his portrayal of a prison guard in the film The … English dictionary
portrayal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, realistic, vivid ▪ moving ▪ negative ▪ Much television news gives a negative portrayal of politics. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
portrayal — por|tray|al [po:ˈtreıəl US po:r ] n [U and C] the way someone or something is described or shown in a book, film, play etc portrayal of ▪ the newspapers portrayal of Islamic culture accurate/realistic etc portrayal ▪ The film is not an accurate… … Dictionary of contemporary English
portrayal — noun 1) a portrayal of a parrot Syn: painting, picture, portrait, drawing, sketch, representation, depiction, study 2) her portrayal of adolescence Syn: description, representation, characterization … Thesaurus of popular words
portrayal — noun /ˌpɔrˈtreɪ.əl/ a) The act of portraying. 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… … Wiktionary
portrayal — noun 1) her portrayal of adolescence Syn: description, representation, characterization, depiction, evocation 2) Brando s portrayal of Corleone Syn: performance as, representation, interpretation, rendering … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
portrayal — UK [pɔː(r)ˈtreɪəl] / US [pɔrˈtreɪəl] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms portrayal : singular portrayal plural portrayals the way that something or someone is portrayed … English dictionary
