the use of ideograms; representation of objects or ideas by graphic symbols
ideography in American English
(ˌidiˈɑɡrəfi, ˌaidi-)
noun
the use of ideograms
Word origin
[1830–40; ideo- + -graphy]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, isometric, orientation, paraffin, walkover-graphy is a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing,recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process. Otherwords that use the affix -graphy include: biography, choreography, geography, orthography, photography
Examples of 'ideography' in a sentence
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Materials of a toponymic ideography can be used for research in the field of ethnolinguistics and ethnography.
Константин Александрович Гейн (Konstantin A. Gejn) 2018, 'TOPO-IDEOGRAM: THE ESSENCE OF THE CONCEPT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF ITS REPRESENTATIONIN THE IDEOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY', Vestnik Permskogo universiteta: Rossijskaâ i zarubežnaâ filologiâhttp://press.psu.ru/index.php/philology/article/view/2018. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)