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Portraying

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Mirror 76% connected

A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

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Limn 74% connected

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Limn 74% connected

To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic way with pencil or brush.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Depicting 92% connected

of Depict

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Depiction 92% connected

A painting or depicting; a representation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Portrayal 92% connected

The act or process of portraying; description; delineation.

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Abience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to withdraw or avoid a situation or an object

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Adience noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an urge to accept or approach a situation or an object

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Ambiversion noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion

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Association theory noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity

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Breaking point noun · 71% connection

(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial

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Chunking noun · 71% connection

(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units

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Configurationism noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Constitutional psychology noun · 71% connection

(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…

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Double bind noun · 71% connection

(psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful

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Experimenter bias noun · 71% connection

(psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to t…

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Extravert noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

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Extrovert noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings

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Generalisation noun · 71% connection

(psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus

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Gestalt psychology noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties

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Introjection noun · 71% connection

(psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of the world (especially aspects of persons) within the self in such a way that th…

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Law of effect noun · 71% connection

(psychology) the principle that behaviors are selected by their consequences; behavior having good consequences tends to be repeated w…

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Mental condition noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Mental state noun · 71% connection

(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…

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Delineate verb · 78% connection

To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture…

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Depict verb · 78% connection

To form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray.

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Fancy verb · 78% connection

To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

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Flatter verb · 78% connection

To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

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Line verb · 78% connection

To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.

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Paint verb · 78% connection

To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a…

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Portrait verb · 78% connection

To portray; to draw.

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Portraiture verb · 78% connection

To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray.

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Portray verb · 78% connection

To paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback.

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portrayed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Portray

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Pourtray verb · 78% connection

See Portray.

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Represent verb · 78% connection

To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

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Reproduce verb · 78% connection

To make an image or other representation of; to portray; to cause to exist in the memory or imagination; to make a copy of; as, to rep…

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