ideography

IPA: aɪdiˈɑgrʌfi

Examples of "ideography" in Sentences

But to construct a sentence by means of pure ideography is impossible.
Nevertheless, long usage has induced some degree of ideography and symbolism.
Just as pictorial phonetism was evolved from ideography, or picture-writing, so was alphabetism evolved from pictorial phonetism.
The first stage is "ideography," or mere picture-writing, in which a man stands for a man, a ship for a ship, a camel for a camel, and so forth.
"The" empty "hexagram, without crossing lines isn't used in Western ideography except as a form for a policeman's badge in Iceland and in certain states in the US (the sheriff's star)."