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ideography|ɪdiː-, aɪdiːˈɒgrəfɪ| Also erron. ideagraphy. [f. Gr. ἰδέα idea + -graphy. Cf. F. idéographie.] The direct representation of ideas by graphic signs, as distinguished from phonetic symbols; writing consisting of ideographs.
1836T. How (title) Ideagraphy. 1846Worcester, Ideography, a system or treatise of short-hand writing. 1861Sat. Rev. 14 Sept. 278 An erudite introduction upon North American ‘Ideography’. 1869Farrar Fam. Speech iv. (1873) 120 They invented writing, but it stopped at hieroglyphics and ideography. |