PORTRAYING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

-ing form of the verb portray