nonpictorial
Lacking visual representation
Nonpictorial describes something that does not use or involve pictures, images, or visual representation.
The term appears most often in discussions of art, communication, or education to distinguish purely verbal, abstract, or conceptual approaches from those that rely on imagery.
The museum's nonpictorial collection includes sound installations and text-based works.
A nonpictorial explanation conveys information through words or symbols rather than illustrations.
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- intangibleNot physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- nonrepresentationalNot depicting reality
nonfigurative · ideational · notional · symbolic · schematic · diagrammatic · verbal · textual
Of or in words
- spokenExpressed in words aloud
- oralOf the mouth
- narratedTold a story aloud
- describedRepresented in language
audio · podcast · broadcast · dictated · recorded · voiceover · commentary · lecture
Composed in text
- verbalOf or in words
- proseUnversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
typographic · manuscript · document · notation · transcript · script · caption · annotation
conceptual
Of or relating to ideas
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
- intangibleNot physically present
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
nonrepresentational · nonfigurative · ideational · notional · symbolic · schematic · diagrammatic · verbal · textual · numerical
verbal
Of or in words
described · audio · podcast · broadcast · dictated · recorded · voiceover · commentary · lecture · recitation
written
Composed in text
descriptive · typographic · manuscript · document · notation · transcript · script · caption · annotation · label
data
Facts for analysis
- codeSymbolic communication system
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
diagram · flowchart · blueprint · specification · formula · equation · matrix · table · spreadsheet · database
nonpictorialpictorial
Relating to pictures
illustrated · visual · graphic · pictured · image-based
picture, pictures, pictured, picturing, pictorial, pictorially, depict, depicts, depicted