Ideography
[,idi'ɒgrәfi]
Definition
(n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.
Edited by Hamilton
Definition
n. the representation of things by pictures and not by sound-symbols or letters.—ns. I′deograph such a character or symbol as represents an idea without expressing its name—also I′deogram.—adjs. Ideograph′ic -al representing ideas by pictures or directly instead of words.—adv. Ideograph′ically in an ideographic manner.
Checker: Presley