See polygraphy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "poly",
"3": "graphy"
},
"expansion": "poly- + -graphy",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From poly- + -graphy.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "polygraphy (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "35 40 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with poly-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pseudoscience",
"orig": "en:Pseudoscience",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Much writing; writing of many books."
],
"id": "en-polygraphy-en-noun-nfg~E0ct",
"links": [
[
"book",
"book"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "30 62 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 40 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with poly-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 54 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -graphy",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 63 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 64 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pseudoscience",
"orig": "en:Pseudoscience",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same."
],
"id": "en-polygraphy-en-noun-eYpSJnyS",
"links": [
[
"cipher",
"cipher"
],
[
"decipher",
"decipher"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "35 40 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with poly-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "33 33 33",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Pseudoscience",
"orig": "en:Pseudoscience",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The art or practice of using a polygraph."
],
"id": "en-polygraphy-en-noun-6SQA41sM",
"links": [
[
"polygraph",
"polygraph"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "polygraphy"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with poly-",
"English terms suffixed with -graphy",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Pseudoscience"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "poly",
"3": "graphy"
},
"expansion": "poly- + -graphy",
"name": "confix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From poly- + -graphy.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "polygraphy (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Much writing; writing of many books."
],
"links": [
[
"book",
"book"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same."
],
"links": [
[
"cipher",
"cipher"
],
[
"decipher",
"decipher"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The art or practice of using a polygraph."
],
"links": [
[
"polygraph",
"polygraph"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "polygraphy"
}
Download raw JSONL data for polygraphy meaning in English (1.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.