Microportrait

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An extremely small portrait.

    "He takes me into an ascetic bedroom with a large carved bed. A few of his microportraits hang on the newly painted stucco walls."

  2. 2
    A brief depiction of something.

    "The film presents a microportrait of life deep in the Amazon jungle."

Example

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"He takes me into an ascetic bedroom with a large carved bed. A few of his microportraits hang on the newly painted stucco walls."

Etymology

From micro- + portrait.

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