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pictology

pictology noun: a scientific approach to measuring and analysing the characteristic features of artworks.

Noun

pictology (uncountable)

  1. A scientific approach to measuring and analysing the characteristic features of artworks.

Origin of pictology

Introduced by M. M. van Dantzig, presumably picture + -o- + -logy.

Questions about pictology

What does pictology mean?
Pictology means a scientific approach to measuring and analysing the characteristic features of artworks.
What part of speech is pictology?
Pictology is a noun.

Words near pictology in the dictionary

  1. pictographical
  2. pictographically
  3. pictographics
  4. pictographs
  5. pictography
  6. pictology
  7. pictomicrograph
  8. pictomicrographs
  9. Picton
  10. Picton herring
  11. Picton herrings

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