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ideographic
CIDE DICTIONARY
ideographic, a. [Cf. F. idéographique.].
Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; as, 9 represents not the word “nine,” but the idea of the number itself. [1913 Webster]
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ideographic
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