delineation
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(noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
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Synonyms: depiction, limning, line drawing |
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Related Words: drawing |
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(noun) representation by drawing or painting etc |
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Synonyms: depiction, portrayal |
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Related Words: pictorial representation, picturing, portraiture |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: characterization, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting |
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Related Words: description, epithet, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, verbal description |
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