ideographic

adjective

Definition of ideographicnext
as in pictographic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideographic
  1. iconographic
  2. hieroglyphic
  3. illustrative
Adjective
  • Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
  • And unlike the cylinder seals, the hundreds of iconographic signs attributed to proto-cuneiform have only ever been found on tablets in southern Iraq.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of iconographic
Adjective
  • In the middle of the 19th century, little was known about this advanced culture—which calculated lunar, solar, and Venusian cycles, and invented hieroglyphic writing and the concept of the number zero with hardly any tools.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Rosetta Stone is inscribed with the same text in different scripts; Demotic, hieroglyphic and Greek.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of hieroglyphic
Adjective
  • The most illustrative case might be Edgar Renteria, who was a 32-year-old shortstop coming off a steeply declining 2008 season when Sabean gave him a two-year, $18.5 million contract that industry observers met with instant derision.
    Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This is a major game changer, and a very illustrative type of chain of thought reasoning.
    John Werner, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of illustrative
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