pictography

[ pik-tog-ruh-fee ]

/ pɪkˈtɒg rə fi /

noun

the use of pictographs; picture writing.

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Origin of pictography

1850–55; pictograph + -y³; see -graphy

Words nearby pictography

picrotoxin, pict, pictish, pictogram, pictograph, pictography, pictor, pictorial, pictorialism, pictorialize, picture

Example sentences from the Web for pictography

It is not a difficult task to distinguish the pictography of these two peoples, wherever found.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895|Jesse Walter Fewkes
Pictography here records, that certain clans had killed bears and taken human scalps before that time.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
According to John Tanner, the symbol for the lightning in Ojibway pictography was a rattlesnake.
American Hero-Myths|Daniel G. Brinton
From pictography it is but an easy step to hieroglyphics like those used by ancient peoples.
Criminal Man|Gina Lombroso-Ferrero