portrayal
portrayal
Definition
por·trayal (pôr trā′əl)
noun
- the act of portraying
- a portrait; description; representation
portrayal
Synonyms
portrayal
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- violence: Their stance on the portrayal of violence is pretty weak, however.
- character: The portrayal of the characters is almost entirely one-dimensional.
- woman: Many people criticized Quentin Tarantino for his vicious portrayal of women in the movie Kill Bill Vol.
- gender: There is only a schedule for the portrayal of gender.
- emotion: Her portrayal of strong emotions is very accurate and very intense.
- evil: David Mitchell doesn't hold back in his portrayal of human evil, which becomes the norm rather than the exception in his work.
Possessives
Converse of object
- examine: The NEO Movie is an interactive that examines the portrayal of NEO hazards in popular motion pictures.
- move: Darling's novel is a moving portrayal of a family struggling to co-exist.
Adjective modifier
- stereotypical: Plenty of other reviewers have commented on the offensiveness of Deaver's stereotypical portrayal of the blacks in Harlem.
- sympathetic: The acclaim which greeted the Sportsman's Sketches was largely due to its sympathetic portrayal of the Russian peasant.
- vivid: Wright's vivid portrayal of growing up makes compelling reading.
- fictional: But ( 1 ) Why are the viewers more interested in laughing at a fictional portrayal than learning more about the facts?
- realistic: In a strikingly realistic portrayal, the Nazi leader is seen with his hands clasped at his waist looking up.
- convincing: A deft and convincing portrayal of alcoholism, with a delicious last line.
Noun used with modifier
- on-screen: An intimate on-screen portrayal of Hirohito as never seen before, this is a timeless piece of cinema from Russia's greatest living director.
- medium: Don't be fooled by the media portrayal of the strength of France.
- gender: Despite some well-publicised cases involving sexually provocative billboards, we find that gender portrayal in advertising is not of major concern to many Australians.
- character: Her strong character portrayals completely changed the course of women in the movies.
- screen: Practitioners within the penal system, have perhaps a tendency to disparage screen portrayals of prison for their lack of realism.
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