logography

[ loh-gog-ruh-fee ]

/ loʊˈgɒg rə fi /

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noun

printing with logotypes.

a method of longhand reporting, each of several reporters in succession taking down a few words.

Nearby words

logocentrism, logogram, logogrammatic, logograph, logographic, logography, logogriph, logolatry, logomachy, logon, logopaedics

Origin of logography

First recorded in 1775–85, logography is from the Greek word logographía speech writing. See logo-, -graphy

Related formslo·gog·ra·pher, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for logography

logography

/ (lɒˈɡɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

(formerly) a method of longhand reporting

Derived Formslogographer, noun

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