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ideograph

[id-ee-uh-graf, ahy-dee-] / ˈɪd i əˌgræf, ˈaɪ di- /


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The way I do drought is it’s a big circle of fabric, and the drought is symbolized by the most simple, reduced ideograph of pulling that circle through the floor hole.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

So very early on, it was very obvious in “The Lion King” that the circle is the ideograph: The Circle of Life.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022

I looked for what I call an ideograph, which is to take the entire concept of the story—a road movie, what is that?

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2020

Japanese propagandists would soon have their own ideograph for the precise, mild-mannered Pennsylvania Dutchman who is impatient to get the war over so he can go sailboating.

From Time Magazine Archive

I walked putting heel down first, toes pointing outward thirty to forty degrees, making the ideograph “eight,” making the ideograph “human.”

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston


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