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iconomatic

i·con·o·mat·ic [ ī kònnə máttik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
using images for sounds of names: using images to represent the sounds of the names of things rather than the things themselves, e.g. in the transition from pictorial to phonetic representation, seen in the history of some languages

[Late 19th century. Contraction of icononomatic< Greek eikōn "image" + onomat- "name"]

i·con·o·mat·i·cism [ ī kònnə mátti sìzzəm ] noun
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