Synonyms

depicting

American

[dih-pik-ting] / dɪˈpɪk tɪŋ /

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.

adjective

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.

Etymology

Origin of depicting

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

Example Sentences

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Here, progressiveness isn’t derived from depicting queer people as singularly, unceasingly good or bad.

From Salon

An Instagram account called “ChuckChuck” materialized, depicting Horning as the Grinch.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Monday, software stocks lost over $200 billion in market capitalization after Citrini Research released a blog post depicting a hypothetical future where AI leads to mass layoffs.

From MarketWatch

That man may have been depicting the ocean on his blank square, but that didn’t mean it would affect the real ocean.

From Literature

In one of the early rooms in the show, there are some of her paintings depicting the Blitz.

From BBC

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