semasiography

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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”).

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Noun[edit]

semasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)

  1. Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech.

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