portrayal

n.

1. The act or process of depicting or portraying.
2. A representation or description.

noun

The act or process of describing in lifelike imagery: delineation, depiction, description, expression, representation. See show/hide.

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The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character
  Synonyms: portraiture, portrait

Meaning #2: acting the part of a character on stage; dramaticially representing the character by speech and action and gesture
  Synonyms: characterization, enactment, personation

Meaning #3: a representation by picture or portraiture
  Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portraying

Meaning #4: any likeness of a person
  Synonym: portrait

Meaning #5: representation by drawing or painting etc
  Synonyms: depiction, delineation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - portrættering, skildring

Nederlands (Dutch)
beschrijving, afschildering, uitbeelding

Français (French)
n. - interprétation, portrait

Deutsch (German)
n. - Darstellung, Schilderung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απεικόνιση, πορτραίτο, περιγραφή

Italiano (Italian)
descrizione, rappresentazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - retrato (f), descrição (f)

Русский (Russian)
описание, отображение

Español (Spanish)
n. - descripción, representación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - porträttering, framställning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
描绘, 饰演, 描写, 肖像

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 描繪, 飾演, 描寫, 肖像

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그리기, 초상[화]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 描写

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التصوير بالرسم أو بالألفاظ, صورة, وصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ציור, תיאור‬

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