disematism

noun

di·​sem·​a·​tism

dīˈseməˌtizəm

plural -s

: the use in conjunction of two systems of writing (as the ideographic and the phonetic)

Word History

Etymology

di- + Greek sēmat-, sēma sign + English -ism

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