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English
Etymology
From portray + -al.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/
- Rhymes: -eɪəl
- Hyphenation: por‧tray‧al
Noun
portrayal (plural portrayals)
- The act of portraying.
- The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
- 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, ...
- 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste
- For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
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