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View synonyms for picture writing

picture writing

noun

  1. the art of recording events or expressing ideas by pictures, or pictorial symbols, as practiced by preliterate peoples.
  2. pictorial symbols forming a record or communication.


picture writing

noun

  1. any writing system that uses pictographs
  2. a system of artistic expression and communication using pictures or symbolic figures
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of picture writing1

First recorded in 1735–45
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Example Sentences

The Quiches were acquainted with a kind of picture-writing, and possessed records in which myth glided into history.

You will ask, how could the Chinese have built up a great intellectual fabric from mere picture writing?

In spite of its age, the first part that unrolled showed clear and strong picture writing, in bright colors.

The signs are, of course, later than the picture-writing of the hieroglyph, and also later than the linear script suited to stone.

I've sure heard a heap about that picture writing, and what fun scouts have trying to make out what it all means.

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