Synonyms for delineation
dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃənde·lin·eation

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1. word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   personation, portrayal, flick, portraying, mental picture, film, moving picture, depicting, impression, depiction, limning, characterization, picture, motion-picture show, video, ikon, movie, scene, characterisation, word-painting, pic, line drawing, exposure, image, photo, motion picture, pictorial matter, photograph, icon, enactment, painting, word picture, moving-picture show, picture show

2. delineation, depiction, limning, line drawingnoun

   a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

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

3. depiction, delineation, portrayalnoun

   representation by drawing or painting etc

   Synonyms:
   line drawing, characterization, depicting, depiction, portraiture, characterisation, limning, portrait, word-painting, word picture, portraying, portrayal, enactment, picture, personation

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1. • Pictorial Representation

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1. delineationnoun

   Synonyms:
   sketch, design, outline, draught

2. delineationnoun

   Synonyms:
   description, account, portrayal

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1. List of paraphrases for "delineation":

   delimitation, demarcation, demarc, boundaries, route, definition, plot, boundary

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How to use delineation in a sentence?

1. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey:

   Only a novel"... in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best chosen language.