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- Dictionarydepiction/dɪˈpɪkʃn/
noun
- 1. the action of depicting something, especially in a work of art: "the painting's horrific depiction of war" Similar
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DEPICTION definition: 1. the way that something is represented or shown, or something that represents or shows something…. Learn more.
: a representation in words or images of someone or something. The book is fascinating in its depiction of the country's early history. The first part of the book … is a depiction of the nearly lost world of a North American hunter-gatherer community. Timothy Egan.
A depiction is a true representation of something, like the depiction of life as a Jewish teenager in hiding during World War II in Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl." The word depiction comes from the Latin word for "painting or description," depictionem.
Depiction definition: representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration. See examples of DEPICTION used in a sentence.
DEPICTION meaning: 1. the way that something is represented or shown, or something that represents or shows something…. Learn more.
Definition of depiction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it. The lecture will trace the depiction of horses from earliest times to the present day. American English : depiction / dɪˈpɪkʃən /
