visual literacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of visual literacy
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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Comics do visual literacy in a way nothing else does.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Chapter 17 examines the elements of visual literacy and analysis most likely to complement the textual literacy emphasized in first-year writing classes and addressed in Print or Textual Analysis: What You Read.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
And comics give young readers training in visual literacy — helping them read and interpret images — an essential skill in our highly visual world.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2020
Smart visual literacy in most advertising is non-existent.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2012
The USA has a complex about literacy to the extent that every subject is now qualified as literacy-cultural literacy, computer literacy, visual literacy, etc.-whether literacy is involved or not.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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