depictions

noun

plural of depiction
as in descriptions
a vivid representation in words of someone or something the set piece of the novel is a depiction of the battle that makes readers feel like they were there

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Recent Examples of depictions But unlike the Peter Farrelly film, By Any Means — which was directed by Elegance Bratton and written by Sascha Penn — isn’t interested in cloying depictions of interracial high jinks and bonding. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 The Museum of Modern Art rejected her films because of their depictions of lesbian lovemaking, Hammer claimed in an archival recording included by O’Connor. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 As Pattinson spends a long night trying to rescue his brother, the Safdies weave a nightmarish, impressionistic vision of New York that ranks among the most unsettling cinematic depictions of the city. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026 In practice, there were a range of depictions of these goddesses in ancient Greece—their number, their names, and their traits differ across sources. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026 King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 The patent includes several depictions that closely resemble its current offerings. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026 Under each of their names are depictions of their respective childhood homes. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 Graise is a double amputee who lost his legs at a young age and has become an advocate for realistic and thoughtful depictions of disabled persons in the arts. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depictions
  1. descriptions
  2. portraits
  3. portrayals
  4. pictures
Noun
  • That job needed vivid descriptions that made each performance feel irresistible.
    — Connie Etemadi, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • But the primary focus of these chapters is the family’s frenzied social calendar, featuring exhaustive descriptions of parties, guest lists, and gowns.
    — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of descriptions
Noun
  • In portraits in homes and classrooms, in daily photographs on the front page of the country’s main party newspaper, on the lapel badges that citizens had pinned over their hearts, Kim’s image was the very iconography of the state.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
  • After two decades in commercial property and about two years of drawing bad dog portraits, Heckels quit his job and started drawing portraits nearly every day instead.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of portraits
Noun
  • Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on presidential portrayals and summer sips.
    — , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Google became embroiled in a prior controversy in February 2024 after its Gemini text-to-image tool produced portrayals of racially diverse German WW2 soldiers.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of portrayals
Noun
  • Starting in the 1930s, as talking pictures and then radio and TV supplanted theater as the prime form of mass entertainment, some were converted to cinemas.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And, apparently, the eerie pictures are turning people's stomachs.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures

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“Depictions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depictions. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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