- word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
--1 is a kind of description, verbal description
--1 has particulars: epithet; portrayal, portraiture, portraitDerived form: verb depict2 - depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal - a representation by picture or portraiture
--2 is a kind of representational process
--2 has particulars: mirrorDerived form: verb depict3 - delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
--3 is a kind of drawing
--3 has particulars: animalization - depiction, delineation, portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etc
--4 is a kind of pictorial representation, picturing
--4 has particulars: portraitureDerived form: verb depict1