depiction

depiction
Synonyms and related words:
alphabet, art, blueprint, cameo, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, charactering, characterization, chart, choreography, conventional representation, dance notation, delineation, demonstration, depictment, description, details, diagram, drama, drawing, evocation, exemplification, figuration, graphic account, hieroglyphic, iconography, ideogram, illustration, image, imagery, imaging, impression, itemization, letter, limning, logogram, logograph, map, musical notation, notation, particularization, photograph, pictogram, picture, picturization, plan, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, prefigurement, presentment, printing, profile, projection, realization, rendering, rendition, representation, schema, score, script, sketch, specification, syllabary, symbol, tablature, vignette, vivid description, word painting, writing

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