Synonyms for delineation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-lin-ee-ey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃən |
Définition of delineation
Origin :- 1560s, native formation from delineate, or else from Latin delineationem (nominative delineatio) "sketch, description," noun of action from past participle stem of delineare (see delineate).
- noun drawing
- noun a description
- The delineation of Socrates in the Republic is not wholly consistent.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- There was yet a fifth combination which God used in the delineation of the universe.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The style is stilted, and there is no attempt at delineation of character.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- They become a delineation of the non-sensuous, of the soul's progress of development.
- Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner
- Softness and decision, breadth and delineation, cannot co-exist in equal degrees.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- Another which says, We will have shade, and as much color and delineation as are consistent with it.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- The third, We will have delineation, and as much color and shade as are consistent with it.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
- His delineation of beauty was that which the eye cannot blame and the soul does not acknowledge.
- Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- This was his black-board, designed to serve for the delineation of his journey.
- Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
- There is great purity of delineation and conception in Enoch Arden.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, October, 1864 » by Various
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