Depiction

/dɪˈpɪk.ʃən/ · noun

Meaning

(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
2. (countable) A drawing or painting.
3. (countable) A representation.
4. (uncountable) The act of depicting.

Example Sentences

If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.

It is nevertheless true that, whereas the teaching of music and literature is established on a scientific basis, the art of depiction is still taught in a primitive and inefficient way.

But since "realism" or representational depiction is itself a mode of art, it can never escape some degree of formal removal from the raw data of experience; […]

As previously described, depiction is a unique type of visual representation defined by both seeing the activities/marks that constitute the depiction whilst also seeing the object of the depiction.

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