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ideograph
[ id-ee-uh-graf, ahy-dee- ]
noun
- Rhetoric. an ordinary language term that, within a particular ideology, has developed a loose, flexible, nonspecific use that stands for values and ideas present within that ideology, rather than having a specific, concrete meaning:
In the training materials, <leadership> is used as an ideograph to reinforce the military hierarchy.
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Other Words From
- id·e·o·graph·ic [id-ee-, uh, -, graf, -ik, ahy-dee-], id·e·o·graph·i·cal adjective
- id·e·o·graph·i·cal·ly adverb
- un·id·e·o·graph·ic adjective
- un·id·e·o·graph·i·cal adjective
- un·id·e·o·graph·i·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ideograph1
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Example Sentences
For example, the ideograph meaning "to speak" is a mouth with two words and a flame coming out of it.
Thus a chessboard was an ideograph, and stood for a gift, and sometimes a building.
The parcel-post, an hour later, brought him his own ideograph, returned without a word.
The same ideograph Im that signifies Ramman also means distress.
Some Japanese newspapers have undertaken to limit themselves in the use of the ideograph.
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