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Definition of depiction : A painting or depicting; a representation.

Synonyms:

moving-picture show, limning, motion picture, mental picture, delineation, enactment, picture show, motion-picture show, pictorial matter, vignette, show, line drawing, description, moving picture, pic, personation, expression, movie, story, word-painting, depicting, version, ikon, icon, flick, portraying, characterization, film, tale, photo, definition, word picture, portraiture, characterisation, video, profile, exposure

charcoal, still life, masterpiece, study, water color, blueprint, diagram, portrait, sketch, tracing, plan, painting, scene, doodle, landscape, pastel

cartoon, effigy, duplication, likeness, carving, approximation, illustration, statue, metaphor, imitation, model, silhouette, drawing, image, cast, facsimile, portrayal, impression, picture, copy, pastiche, analogy, miniature, photograph, replica, snapshot, representation, bust, outline, rendering, figurine, idol

Usage examples:

• Mr. Snaith has given us a resource that for terse, pregnant phrasing, exception character, and recurring and vivid depiction of dramatic situation, is the best thing of its kind we remember to have seen for a long time. - "Rowing", Rudolf Chambers Lehmann.
• But the method of depiction is very different from that of Tolstoi. - "The Forerunners", Romain Rolland.
• Plenty of simple pathos and quietly keen depiction of human nature afford contrast, and every chapter is worth reading. - "The Passenger from Calais", Arthur Griffiths.