semasiography
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “-graphy, writing”), from σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I show by a sign, signify”), from σῆμα (sêma, “a mark, sign”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
editsemasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)
- Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- semasiography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia