semasiography
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
semasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)
- Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech.
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Further reading edit
- semasiography on Wikipedia.Wikipedia