Definitions for: Delineation


[n] representation by drawing or painting etc
[n] a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
[n] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*lin`e*a"tion, n. [L. delineatio: cf. F.
d['e]lin['e]ation.]
1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by
lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as,
the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and
engraving, representation by means of lines, as
distinguished from representation by means of tints and
shades; accurate and minute representation, as
distinguished from art that is careless of details, or
subordinates them excessively.

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description
in words.

Their softest delineations of female beauty. --W.
Irving.

Syn: Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.

Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, depiction, depiction, depiction, limning, line drawing, picture, portrayal, word picture, word-painting

See Also: animalization, description, drawing, epithet, pictorial representation, picturing, portrait, portraiture, portraiture, portrayal, verbal description

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