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.

Origin:
1735–45
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picture writing
 
n
1.  any writing system that uses pictographs
2.  a system of artistic expression and communication using pictures or symbolic figures

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