noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.

   "He spent his spare time on the weekend perfecting his very own pasigraphy."

2. 2
   an artificial international language using characters (as mathematical symbols) instead of words to express ideas wordnet

Synonyms

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esperantolanguage

Example

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"He spent his spare time on the weekend perfecting his very own pasigraphy."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

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