ideographic

adjective

Definition of ideographicnext
as in pictographic

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  1. iconographic
  2. hieroglyphic
  3. illustrative
Adjective
  • Any internal organs removed during the process were typically placed in canopic jars, each featuring an iconographic lid with one of the four sons of the Egyptian god Horus to protect each organ.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
  • And unlike the cylinder seals, the hundreds of iconographic signs attributed to proto-cuneiform have only ever been found on tablets in southern Iraq.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of iconographic
Adjective
  • Writing systems, emerging around 3,500 BCE, evolved into hieroglyphic script on papyrus, stone, and coffins.
    Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In the middle of the 19th century, little was known about this advanced culture—which calculated lunar, solar, and Venusian cycles, and invented hieroglyphic writing and the concept of the number zero with hardly any tools.
    Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of hieroglyphic
Adjective
  • In response, Baldoni’s counsel has alleged that the text messages illustrative of the smear campaign in the Times article were cherry-picked and taken out of context.
    Nicole Page, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Newcastle’s rolling position on the hope-o-meter is illustrative of this: 2022-23; third and 96 per cent optimistic, 2023-24; fifth at 91 per cent, 2024-25; joint-seventh with 89 per cent.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
Definition of illustrative
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