Ideogram Definition

ĭdē-ə-grăm, īdē-
ideograms
noun
ideograms
A character or symbol representing an idea or a thing without expressing the pronunciation of a particular word or words for it, as in the traffic sign commonly used for “no parking” or “parking prohibited.”
American Heritage
A symbol representing a concept rather than a word.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Ideogram

Noun

Singular:
ideogram
Plural:
ideograms

Ideogram Sentence Examples

  • The ideogram used to illustrate the twentieth hexagram is assembled using two groups.

  • In such cases the ideogram is not merely a determinative nor yet quite a wofd - sign.

  • What most interestsus is the mention of troublesomeinvaderscalled sometimes sa-gas (a Babylonian ideogram meaning " robber "), sometimes Habiri.

  • It has been suggested that the ideogram by which it is indicated in Babylonian monuments literally means "fortress of the Amorites"; could this be proved it would be valuable testimony to its antiquity if not its origin.

  • We have to therefore accept that our understanding of the meaning of an ideogram evolved by a radically divergent culture may be deficient.

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Words Starting With

IIDIDE

Words Ending With

MAMRAM

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ideogram

Words Starting With I and Ending With M

Starts With I & Ends With MStarts With ID & Ends With MStarts With I & Ends With AM

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With I8 Letter Words Ending With M