PORTRAITURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The activity of making portraits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("portraiture" is a kind of...):

delineation; depiction; portrayal (representation by drawing or painting etc)

Derivation:

portray (make a portrait of)

portray (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)

Meaning:

A word picture of a person's appearance and character

Synonyms:

portrait; portraiture; portrayal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("portraiture" is a kind of...):

characterisation; characterization; delineation; depiction; picture; word-painting; word picture (a graphic or vivid verbal description)

Derivation:

portray (portray in words)