iconographic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of iconographic
Example Sentences
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This suggests a "hybrid" nature of these death whistle sounds, combining a basic psychoaffective influence on listeners with more elaborate mental processes of sound symbolism, signifying the iconographic nature.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024
The brand’s first West Coast retail location is open through the summer in West Hollywood, featuring its iconographic crinkle-cut fabric swimsuits IRL until Sept. 22.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2024
Without images of an object, an iconographic study “is unintelligible,” says Vernon James Knight, an archaeologist and professor emeritus at the University of Alabama, who signed the petition.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023
The built-in décor of the iconographic Space Needle and International Fountain doesn’t hurt either.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
Representational, iconographic, or mimic hieroglyphs, in which case each hieroglyph is a picture of the object referred to.
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James
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