depiction

Definition

A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.

Etymology

From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. By surface analysis, depict + -ion.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "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."
• "But since "realism" or representational depiction is itself a mode of art, it can never escape some degree of formal removal from the raw data of experience; […]"

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