"semasiography" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semasiographies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi Etymology: From Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “-graphy, writing”), from σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I show by a sign, signify”), from σῆμα (sêma, “a mark, sign”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|σημασία||the meaning of a word}} Ancient Greek σημασία (sēmasía, “the meaning of a word”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} semasiography (countable and uncountable, plural semasiographies)
  1. Any system of writing that uses graphemes which denote meaningful elements of speech. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: semasiology

Inflected forms

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