adinkra

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noun

Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.

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Meanings

nounadinkra (plural adinkras or adinkra)

plural adinkras

  1. Any of a set of visual symbols representing concepts or aphorisms, originally created by the Akan of Ghana and the Gyaman of Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, often used as artistic devices.
  2. natural sciencesA graphical representation of supersymmetric algebras, consisting of coloured finite connected simple graphs that are bipartite and n-regular.

Origin

  1. Akanadinkra
  2. Akanadinkra
  3. Englishadinkra

Borrowed from Akan adinkra.

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Translations

Japanese アディンクラ・シンボル
  • アディンクラ・シンボル (adinkura shinboru)visual symbol representing a concept or aphorism, created by the Akan
Portuguese adinkra
  • adinkravisual symbol representing a concept or aphorism, created by the Akan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

adinkra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adinkra

MLA

“adinkra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adinkra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adinkra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adinkra.

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