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portrayals

portrayals is the plural of portrayal.

Meaning of portrayal

Noun

portrayal (plural portrayals)

  1. The act of portraying.
  2. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
    • He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

Questions about portrayals

What is portrayals the plural of?
Portrayals is the plural of portrayal.

Words near portrayals in the dictionary

  1. portraitures
  2. portray
  3. portrayability
  4. portrayable
  5. portrayal
  6. portrayals
  7. portrayed
  8. portrayee
  9. portrayees
  10. portrayer
  11. portrayers

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