portrayal
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portrayals
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portrayals
Britannica Dictionary definition of PORTRAYAL
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the act of showing or describing someone or something especially in a painting, book, etc.
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We will examine Edgar Allan Poe's portrayal of women in his stories.
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The book is an accurate portrayal of his life.
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I don't accept his portrayal of himself as an innocent victim. [=I don't believe that he is an innocent victim, as he claims to be]
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the way in which an actor plays a character
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Laurence Olivier's portrayal of Hamlet was brilliant.
