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visual literacy

noun

the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images.

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Origin of visual literacy

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby visual literacy

visual effect, visual evoked potential, visual field, visualization, visualize, visual literacy, visually, visually handicapped, visually impaired, visual magnitude, visual pigment
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