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iconomatic

/ aɪˌkɒnəˈmætɪk; aɪˌkɒnəˈmætɪˌsɪzəm /

adjective

  1. employing pictures to represent not objects themselves but the sound of their names


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Derived Forms

  • iconomaticism, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of iconomatic1

C19: from Greek, from eikon image + onoma name

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Example Sentences

Architecture and sculpture had attained there a great perfection, as well as ideographic and iconomatic writing (see p. 140).

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