The phrase "a negative depiction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an unfavorable or unflattering representation of a person, situation, or concept.
Example: "The film received criticism for its negative depiction of mental health issues, which many felt was harmful and misleading."
Alternatives: "an unfavorable portrayal" or "a derogatory representation."
The governor's position is "weak" enough that his own party is using a negative depiction of him as part of an attack ad in a Southwest suburban congressional campaign.
But this all adds up in a strange way: Neil's sexual activity with the johns doesn't seem dangerous in Kansas, but pleasant, while his encounters in New York are not at all pleasant, which comes off as a negative depiction of sex in the big city rather than consequences of Coach's abuse.
Beneath the objections of groups like the American-Arab Anti-Disenseination Committee, I sense a fear that the image of Arabs and Muslims in America is so poor that any negative depiction, even if part of a balanced whole, is inherently perilous.
Several critics have debated whether Eliot's depiction of Simeon is a negative portrayal of a Jewish figure and evidence of anti-Semitism on Eliot's part.
Studies of media coverage suggest a relentlessly negative depiction of Muslims; in 2011, the journalist Richard Peppiatt resigned from the Daily Star in protest at its anti-Muslim slant.
Try to cut back or stop engaging with television shows, movies, magazines, or blogs that present an unrealistic or negative depiction of the body.
Few placed any credence in the notion that he was killed because of his negative depiction of a Chechen warlord in one of his books.
The media's negative depiction of a black teenager?
The actor has an adorable young son, Olly, who has Down's syndrome, and one of her aims is to provide a counterbalance to the almost entirely negative depiction of Down's syndrome in both society and the media.
Nachak regarded the film as a negative, dismal depiction of Midwestern America: "[Peirce's film has] captured the mystique and eerie loneliness" and "isolation of the Midwest, with its dusty desolation and nowhere-to-go frustration that propels people to violence and despair".
However, many who saw it expressed strong doubts that the film would be shown to a wider audience due to the legal issues involved and the negative depiction of the parks.
