Word of the Day: IDEOGRAM

Sign or representation

ideogram (noun) - a symbol that represents an idea or thing directly rather than a word or sound (also ideograph) [id-ee-uh-gram]

BREAKDOWN: IDEO- (idea) + GRAM- (letter)

See also: choreograph

"An ideogram is often a pictorial character that refers not to the visible entity that it explicitly pictures but to some quality or other phenomenon readily associated with that entity. Thus—to invent a simple example—a stylized image of a jaguar with its feet off the ground might come to signify speed." ―David Abram

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