iconomatic
/ (aɪˌkɒnəˈmætɪk) /
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adjective
employing pictures to represent not objects themselves but the sound of their names
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Derived forms of iconomatic
iconomaticism (aɪˌkɒnəˈmætɪˌsɪzəm), nounWord Origin for iconomatic
C19: from Greek, from eikon image + onoma name
Words nearby iconomatic
iconoclastic, iconographic, iconography, iconolatry, iconology, iconomatic, iconophile, iconoscope, iconostasis, icosahedron, icositetrahedron
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How to use iconomatic in a sentence
Architecture and sculpture had attained there a great perfection, as well as ideographic and iconomatic writing (see p. 140).
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