lexigram
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English
[edit]Etymology
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[edit]Noun
[edit]lexigram (plural lexigrams)
- (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- 2013, Richard Gross, Being Human: Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN, page 165:
- Instead of ASL, Savage-Rumbaugh used an extensive ‘lexigram’, a matrix of 256 geometrical shapes on a board. Instructors touch the symbols, which represent verbs and nouns, to create simple requests or commands.