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visual literacy
noun
: the ability to recognize and understand ideas conveyed through visible actions or images (such as pictures)
Examples of visual literacy in a Sentence
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The program promotes visual literacy, knowledge sharing, and the discovery of new talent.
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Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
This distortion field is now being amplified by artificial intelligence, placing unprecedented demands on our collective visual literacy.
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Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Their goal is to enhance understanding of photography and promote visual literacy for all.
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Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Their guru is Edward R. Tufte, a statistician, Yale professor, and author of several influential books on analytical design and visual literacy, most notably The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Envisioning Information.
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IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
Continuing its journey dedicated to shaping a more just and inclusive society through visual literacy, PhotoVogue invited artists from around the world to submit work that challenges the traditional notions of beauty.
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Photovogue, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
PhotoVogue’s mission has always been to support talent and influence visual literacy, to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world.
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Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
Indeed, PhotoVogue’s mission has always been and will continue to be fostering talent, reaching historically excluded communities, and influence visual literacy to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world.
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Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2023
The mission of PhotoVogue has always been, and will continue to be, to champion talent, both emerging and established, and influence visual literacy to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world.
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Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near visual literacy
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“Visual literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20literacy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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