logography

[ loh-gog-ruh-fee ]

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noun

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

Origin of logography

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

Other words from logography

lo·gog·ra·pher, noun

Words Nearby logography

logocentrism
log of wood
logogram
logograph
logographic
logography
logogriph
logomachy
logopaedics
logopedics
logophile

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British Dictionary definitions for logography

logography

/ (lɒˈɡɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

(formerly) a method of longhand reporting

Derived forms of logography

logographer, noun

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