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Cartography

//kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the making of maps and charts wordnet
  3. 3
    An illustrative discussion of a topic. countable, figuratively, usually

    "In the early years of my psychedelic research, I sketched a vastly expanded cartography of the psyche that seems to meet this challenge."

Etymology

From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.

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