Definitions for Portrayal
pɔrˈtreɪ əl, poʊr-por·tray·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun

   a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. portrayal, characterization, enactment, personationnoun

   acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

3. depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayalnoun

   a representation by picture or portraiture

4. portrait, portrayalnoun

   any likeness of a person, in any medium

   "the photographer made excellent portraits"

5. depiction, delineation, portrayalnoun

   representation by drawing or painting etc

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. portrayalnoun

   The act of portraying.

2. portrayalnoun

   The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portrayal

   A portrayal is the act of representing or describing someone or something in a particular way, often through art, literature, drama, or other mediums. It can also refer to the image or depiction itself.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Portrayalnoun

   the act or process of portraying; description; delineation

Matched Categories

1. • Likeness
   • Pictorial Representation
   • Representational Process
   • Word Picture

Anagrams for Portrayal »

1. parlatory

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portrayal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Portrayal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Portrayal in a Sentence

1. Ricardo Chavira:

   [I would ask if] I was doing the absolute best job in the portrayal of the earlier years ... because theres so much of what happens there in the struggle and the sacrifice that informs everything that happens to her down the road and, well, not just her, for the whole family.

2. Beauton Gilbow:

   I have been made aware that a video of me that is circulating on social media and in the news, i am heartbroken by the portrayal that I am in some way racist. I have friends of all race and do not tolerate any form of discrimination in my life. The song in the background was the sound of.

3. Jonathan Kasdan:

   There's a fluidity to Donald Glover and Billy Dee's( portrayal of Lando's) sexuality, i mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it's time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity -- sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald Glover appeals to and that droids are a part of.

4. Don Cheadle:

   He brought humanity and truth to the portrayal of people who felt larger than life.

5. Sarah Paulson:

   I mean [ Fletcher ] won an Academy Award doing it, so there's no where to go but down, i absolutely feel that pressure because I have an enormous reverence for Louis Fletcher and for Louise Fletcher portrayal in that movie and for the movie itself. This story stands on its own in Sixth Sense that we are starting many years prior to when we meet Nurse Ratched in the movie' Cuckoos Nest,' so I know that I'm not going to be trying to emulate what she did because this is prior to her doing what she did in the movie. I have a little bit of leeway there, but I'm certainly thinking about it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Portrayal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Portrayal
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Portrayal