logographic

[law-guh-graf-ik, log-uh-]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or using logograms.

2. of or relating to logography.

Other Word Forms

• logographically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of logographic¹

From the Greek word logographikós, dating back to 1775–85. See logo-, -graphic

Example Sentences

The three teens also correctly identified the meanings of the words prodigious, affront and logographic.

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Because they are so much more visually complex than alphabetic or syllabic systems, logographic systems might indeed follow different rules, she said.

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Chinese writing is not purely logographic, nor is English writing purely alphabetic.

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The report said the capability allows “conveying significant content thanks to Chinese characters’ unique logographic nature.”

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Traditional Chinese writing, conceived more than two thousand years ago, is a logographic system, in which each word of the language is represented by a separate character.

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