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Noun delineation has 3 senses
- 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, portrait
- delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
--2 is a kind of drawing
--2 has particulars: animalization
- depiction, delineation, portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etc
--3 is a kind of pictorial representation, picturing
--3 has particulars: portraiture
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