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PORTRAYING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A representation by picture or portraiture
Synonyms:
depicting; depiction; portrayal; portraying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("portraying" is a kind of...):
representational process (any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "portraying"):
mirror (a faithful depiction or reflection)
Derivation:
portray (make a portrait of)
portray (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb portray
