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portrayal Definition

por·trayal (pôr trāəl)

noun

  1. the act of portraying
  2. a portrait; description; representation
portrayal Synonyms

portrayal

n.

depiction, replica, likeness; see copy, description 1, imitation 2.

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.