Pictography
[pik-tog-ruh-fee] /pɪkˈtɒg rə fi/
noun
1.
the use of pictographs; picture writing.
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[pik-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-ee-uh l] /pɪkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr i əl/ adjective 1. pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture. 2. illustrated by or containing pictures: a pictorial history. 3. of or relating to the art of painting and drawing pictures, the pictures themselves, or their makers: the pictorial masterpieces of the […]
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[pik-tawr-ee-uh-liz-uh m, -tohr-] /pɪkˈtɔr i əˌlɪz əm, -ˈtoʊr-/ noun 1. Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations. 2. emphasis on purely photographic or scenic qualities for its own sake, sometimes with a static or lifeless effect: The movie’s self-conscious pictorialism makes it little more than […]
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[pik-tawr-ee-uh-liz-uh m, -tohr-] /pɪkˈtɔr i əˌlɪz əm, -ˈtoʊr-/ noun 1. Fine Arts. the creation or use of pictures or visual images, especially of recognizable or realistic representations. 2. emphasis on purely photographic or scenic qualities for its own sake, sometimes with a static or lifeless effect: The movie’s self-conscious pictorialism makes it little more than […]
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[pik-tawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -tohr-] /pɪkˈtɔr i əˌlaɪz, -ˈtoʊr-/ verb (used with object), pictorialized, pictorializing. 1. to make ; illustrate or represent with or as if with pictures.