Definition of ideogram
1 : a picture or symbol used in a system of writing to represent a thing or an idea but not a particular word or phrase for it; especially : one that represents not the object pictured but some thing or idea that the object pictured is supposed to suggest
2 : logogram
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No, not changing in a way that means the language is abandoning the alphabet and regressing back to ideograms—
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First Known Use of ideogram
1838
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