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depictions

depictions is the plural of depiction.

Meaning of depiction

Noun

depiction (countable and uncountable, plural depictions)

  1. (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
    • 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 1999.2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182
  2. (countable) A drawing or painting.
  3. (countable) A representation.
  4. (uncountable) The act of depicting.
    • 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.1950, Max Meldrum, The Science of Appearances, The Shepherd Press, page 12

Questions about depictions

What is depictions the plural of?
Depictions is the plural of depiction.

Words near depictions in the dictionary

  1. depicter
  2. depicters
  3. depicting
  4. depiction
  5. depictional
  6. depictions
  7. depictive
  8. depictively
  9. depictives
  10. depictivist
  11. depictment

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