ideography

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noun

The use of ideograms; semasiography or logography.

“The classical Yi ideography”

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Meanings

nounideography (countable and uncountable, plural ideographies)

plural ideographies

  1. countableuncountableThe use of ideograms; semasiography or logography.

    The classical Yi ideography

Origin

From ideo- + -graphy.

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Translations

Bulgarian идеогра́фия
  • идеогра́фия (ideográfija)use of ideograms
Catalan ideografia
  • ideografiause of ideograms
Chinese Mandarin 表意文字
  • 表意文字 (biǎoyìwénzi)use of ideograms
Czech ideografie
  • ideografieuse of ideograms
Danish ideografi
  • ideografiuse of ideograms
Dutch ideografie
  • ideografieuse of ideograms
Estonian ideograafia
  • ideograafiause of ideograms
Finnish ideografia, käsitekirjoitus
  • ideografiause of ideograms
  • käsitekirjoitususe of ideograms
French idéographie
  • idéographieuse of ideograms
German Ideographie
  • Ideographieuse of ideograms
Greek ιδεογραφία
  • ιδεογραφία (ideografía)use of ideograms
Italian ideografia
  • ideografiause of ideograms
Japanese 表意文字
  • 表意文字 (hyōimoji)use of ideograms
Korean 표의문자
  • 표의문자 (pyouimunja)use of ideograms
Latvian ideogrāfija
  • ideogrāfijause of ideograms
Lithuanian ideografija
  • ideografijause of ideograms
Polish ideografia
  • ideografiause of ideograms
Romanian ideografie
  • ideografieuse of ideograms
Russian идеогра́фия, иерогли́фика
  • идеогра́фия (ideográfija)use of ideograms
  • иерогли́фика (ijeroglífika)use of ideograms
  • логогра́фия (logográfija)use of ideograms
Slovak ideografia
  • ideografiause of ideograms
Spanish ideografía
  • ideografíause of ideograms
Turkish ideografi
  • ideografiuse of ideograms
Ukrainian ідеогра́фія
  • ідеогра́фія (ideohráfija)use of ideograms

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with ideography

photographybiographygeographybibliographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallography
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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