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

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. portrayalnoun

   The act of portraying.

2. portrayalnoun

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

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Portrayalnoun

   the act or process of portraying; description; delineation

Matched Categories

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

How to pronounce portrayal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say portrayal in sign language?

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. Washington Post:

   Just as Native American activists have demanded the removal ofChristopher Columbus statuesand pushed to transform the Columbus holiday into an acknowledgment of hisbrutality toward Indigenous people, Native American activists have long objected to the popular portrayal of Thanksgiving.

2. Carly Fiorina:

   I think Edward Snowden has been terribly destructive, he has been less than forthcoming. It was a very slanted portrayal about what the NSA does, and he knows it.

3. Ron Kim:

   The collective portrayal of the immigrant experience is what's compelling, not just one individual story.

4. 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.

5. Victor Hugo:

   From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

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