Main entry: portrayal, delineation, depiction
Definition: representation by drawing or painting etc
Main entry: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing
Definition: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Main entry: portrayal, portraying, depicting, depiction
Definition: a representation by picture or portraiture
Main entry: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture
Definition: a graphic or vivid verbal description
Usage: 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