Portrayal

Noun

 * 1) The act of portraying.
 * 2) The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
 * 3) * 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, ...
 * 1) * 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
 * For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.

Thesaurus
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Etymology
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