logos

[loh-gos, -gohs, log-os]

noun

(often initial capital letter) Philosophy. the rational principle that governs and develops the universe.
Theology. the divine word or reason incarnate in Jesus Christ. John 1:1–14.

Origin of logos

1580–90; < Greek lógos a word, saying, speech, discourse, thought, proportion, ratio, reckoning, akin to légein to choose, gather, recount, tell over, speak; cf. lection

logo

[loh-goh]

noun, plural lo·gos.

Also called logotype. a graphic representation or symbol of a company name, trademark, abbreviation, etc., often uniquely designed for ready recognition.
Printing. logotype(def 1).

Origin of logo

by shortening of logotype or logogram

LOGO

[loh-goh]

noun Computers.

a high-level programming language widely used to teach children how to use computers.

Origin of LOGO

< Greek lógos word (see logos), spelled as if an acronym

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Related Words for logos

symbol, tag, emblem, brand, label, imprint, identification, logotype

Examples from the Web for logos

Contemporary Examples of logos

“Fashion victim,” we say, to refer to a clueless lover of brands and logos.
The Fashion Victims of Bangladesh
Bernard-Henri Lévy
May 8, 2014
He also, apparently, got tattoos of the logos for BET and WorldStarHipHop.com in the hopes of getting their attention.
RiFF RaFF on Being James Franco’s Alleged ‘Spring Breakers’ Inspiration
Marlow Stern
March 19, 2013
The foundational concepts of philosophy enclose the logos, and reason, within a sort of 'closure.'
Derrida’s ‘Of Grammatology’ and the Birth of Deconstruction
Benoît Peeters
December 21, 2012
He has always said that he designs for a woman who is confident enough to shun visible labels and logos.
Ode to Joy: Dolce, Versace and Bottega in Milan for Spring 2013
Robin Givhan
September 23, 2012
The Daily Pic: Logos of our bankrupt banks, assembled by an art collective called Superflex.
Blame the Graphic Designers
Blake Gopnik
March 14, 2012

Historical Examples of logos

In this last sense, logos was adapted by Christianity as the Word of Divinity.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
The person who has developed spirituality is the vehicle of the Logos.
Christianity As A Mystical Fact
Rudolf Steiner
In writing the book I have followed, as Socrates advises, where the Logos led me.
The Mystery of Mary Stuart
Andrew Lang
It illuminates still more the development of the doctrine of the Logos.
The Expositor's Bible:
Alfred Plummer
Hiesos Kristos, magician of the beautiful, the Logos who suffers in us at every moment.
Ulysses
James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for logos

logos

noun

philosophy reason or the rational principle expressed in words and things, argument, or justification; esp personified as the source of order in the universe

Word Origin for logos

C16: from Greek: word, reason, discourse, from legein to speak

Logos

noun

Christian theol the divine Word; the second person of the Trinity incarnate in the person of Jesus

logo

noun plural -os

short for logotype (def. 2)

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Word Origin and History for logos

1580s, Logos, "the divine Word, second person of the Christian Trinity," from Greek logos "word, speech, discourse," also "reason," from PIE root *leg- "to collect" (with derivatives meaning "to speak," on notion of "to pick out words;" see lecture (n.)); used by Neo-Platonists in various metaphysical and theological senses and picked up by New Testament writers.

Other English formations from logos include logolatry "worship of words, unreasonable regard for words or verbal truth" (1810 in Coleridge); logomania (1870); logophobia (1923).

logo

1937, probably a shortening of logogram "sign or character representing a word."