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  • representation

noun as in description

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  • adumbration
  • delineation
  • illustration
  • impersonation
  • personification
  • reproduction

noun as in likeness

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Words related to representation are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word representation . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

noun as in coming into sight

  • actualization
  • introduction
  • manifestation
  • materialization
  • presentation

noun as in creation meant to communicate or appeal to senses or mind

  • abstraction
  • description
  • pictorialization
  • symbolization

noun as in personal interest

  • countenance
  • encouragement
  • furtherance
  • recommendation

noun as in funny drawing, often with dialogue or caption

  • comic strip

noun as in statement of disagreement, discontent

  • dissatisfaction
  • expostulation
  • fault-finding
  • protestation
  • remonstrance
  • remonstration

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Example Sentences

It was a metaphorical statement of giving and withdrawing consent for a show rooted in a literal representation of Coel being assaulted.

The mathematically manipulated results are passed on and augmented through the stages, finally producing an integrated representation of a face.

I hope this list—a representation of the most consequential changes taking places in our world—is similarly useful for you.

“Given the moment we are in, I can only hope our institutions really understand what this failure of representation means to our city,” he said.

The voters don’t want to have an elected city attorney on the, and representation said, that’s fine.

With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.

As this excellent piece in Mother Jones describes, however, Holsey had outrageously poor representation during his trial.

During that time days, Livvix went through court hearings without legal representation.

What do you think prompted the change in comic book representation of LGBTQ characters?

Barbie is an unrealistic, unhealthy, insulting representation of female appearance.

With less intelligent children traces of this tendency to take pictorial representation for reality may appear as late as four.

As observation widens and grows finer, the first bald representation becomes fuller and more life-like.

The child now aims at constructing a particular linear representation, that of a man, a horse, or what not.

He had heard it hinted that allowing the colonies representation in Parliament would be a simple plan for making taxes legal.

But sufficient can be discerned for the grasping of the idea, which seems to be a representation of the Nativity.

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On this page you'll find 123 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to representation, such as: depiction, image, portrayal, adumbration, copy, and delegation.

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Representation Synonyms

  • delineation
  • description
  • illustration
  • reproduction
  • personification
  • impersonation
  • setting-forth
  • adumbration
  • theatrical performance
  • pictorialization
  • histrionics
  • mental-representation
  • internal representation

Words Related to Representation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

  • interpretation
  • representational
  • representations
  • equivalence
  • argumentation

Representation Sentence Examples

The right to representation is spreading around the world.

His preaching to the birds is a favourite representation of St Francis in art.

In 1832 Wendover lost its right of separate representation .

The narratives of miracles are woven into the very texture of this representation .

On Dec. 18 they went so far as to demand national representation of their own at the peace negotiations with Bolshevist Russia at Brest Litovsk.

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Synonyms for representation

  • body of representatives
  • illustration
  • resemblance
  • description
  • delineation
  • explanation
  • remonstrance
  • expostulation

the act or process of describing in lifelike imagery

A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image.

  • internal representation
  • mental representation

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a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

  • adumbration
  • cosmography
  • cutaway drawing
  • cutaway model
  • presentation
  • objectification
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the act of representing

  • cooperation
  • proportional representation

the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

  • free agency
  • legal representation

a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency

A factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract, a performance of a play.

  • histrionics
  • theatrical performance
  • performance
  • public presentation

a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting

The right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body, an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.

  • dramatisation
  • dramatization
  • diagramming
  • schematisation
  • schematization
  • pictorial representation
  • typification
  • reporting weight
  • repositioning
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Definition of representation

Examples of representation in a sentence.

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Word History

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing representation

  • proportional representation
  • self - representation

Dictionary Entries Near representation

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“Representation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/representation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2024.

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