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depicting

[ dih-pik-ting ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act of portraying something by painting or other visual image or of describing it in words:
The depicting of the national coat-of-arms on coins has been a tradition in Lithuanian minting for over 600 years.

portraying or describing something (sometimes used in combination):
This Alaskan village can be used as a depicting example, highlighting the impacts of climate change on the lives of Native villagers.
A plan to withdraw the Gaddafi-depicting banknotes started with the 50-dinar note, the first to be retired.

First recorded in 1880–85; depict ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun; depict ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective

Do you worry about glorifying war, even inadvertently, by depicting it as something sacrosanct?

They hold signs depicting a fetus with a hanging umbilical cord.

Gay is highly regarded for her self-depicting stance that welcomes a less stately, more flawed concept of modern feminism.

Rose [the main character in “The Cryptozoologist”] and I have kind of the same job, which is depicting this valley.

The errant flashes of light in your brain depicting this possibility are strong enough to make you wince and want to cry.

A huge float comes along, depicting the stone age and the primitive man, every detail carefully studied from the museums.

It offers beautiful examples of his inspiration in depicting the lovely aspects of nature.

The western half of the gallery was decorated by the artist Delbecke, with paintings depicting the life of a cloth merchant.

The stories depicting him are best expounded as myths and figures.

In depicting character and describing scenes, you would be apt to display many of the characteristics which Dickens exhibits.

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