PICTORIALIZATION Synonyms: 27 Similar Words

pictorialization

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Definition of pictorialization

as in representation

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Earlier this year, a Supreme Court decision weakened a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, threatening Black political representation across the South.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
The $10,000 is for a retainer for legal representation, North said, and she’s already talked to a lawyer about their concerns.

— Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of representation

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Other works set to screen at the BFI include several of Maldoror’s non-fiction films, like Aimé Césaire, A Man, A Land, a documentary portrait of the Martinican author Aimé Césaire.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
The story begins as a richly detailed portrait of a woman who quietly accepts her role as the wife of a man who doesn’t recognize her value.

— Ed Masley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on presidential portrayals and summer sips.

— , FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Her nuanced portrayal has given neurodivergent viewers a rare chance to see their own experiences authentically reflected onscreen, while bringing greater visibility and understanding to a community long saddled with Hollywood stereotypes.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of portrayal

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On one wall, the ambassador installed Marc Lipp’s Fight Fight Fight, a depiction of Trump with a bloody ear and raised fist painted by one of the president’s favorite Palm Beach watercolorists.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
In her depiction of the exhausting vigilance this reality required, through a second-person voice cannily implicating her reader, Rankine created a new language to identify a problem as old as the United States.

— Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

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