iconographic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of iconographic
Example Sentences
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This suggests a "hybrid" nature of these death whistle sounds, combining a basic psychoaffective influence on listeners with more elaborate mental processes of sound symbolism, signifying the iconographic nature.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
Without images of an object, an iconographic study “is unintelligible,” says Vernon James Knight, an archaeologist and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama, who signed the petition.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023
The built-in décor of the iconographic Space Needle and International Fountain doesn’t hurt either.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
"The artwork is clearly iconographic and bears a close resemblance to the Middleham Jewel - there is every possibility that it was made by the same artist."
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2021
"This Archimago of the iconographic aoraton, or graphiology of the Hidden."
From The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Whistler, James McNeill
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