ideogram

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Recent Examples of ideogram That shape, whose contour resembles both an indecipherable ideogram and a flat asymmetrical spaceship, shows Parsons’s inventive side. John Yau, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2026 This erroneous belief that all Chinese characters are ideograms — symbols that express ideas directly, without language — remains widespread today in the West. Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025 The encrusted object clearly qualified as cultural property, even more so when the treasure hunters cleaned it up, revealing that the shining chunk was actually an ingot stamped with Chinese ideograms. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 The artist’s small paintings are as dense and provocative as his large ones — tiny worlds full of ideograms, like tarot cards. Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023 However, using numbers is not allowed under those rules, and using pictures, like an emoji or ideogram, in a name is expressly forbidden. Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 26 May 2020 Luxurious hotels, casinos, and nightclubs merge with gray buildings, European remains, and Taoist temples, in a city full of ideogram signs, and unmistakable smells and sounds. Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideogram
Noun
  • Earlier this year, a Supreme Court decision weakened a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, threatening Black political representation across the South.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The $10,000 is for a retainer for legal representation, North said, and she’s already talked to a lawyer about their concerns.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to hieroglyph texts, the interior walls feature murals depicting portraits of seated and kneeling figures, and archaeological evidence of papermaking tools.
    Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026
  • Some examples took more direct cues—such as the collectible Egyptian Pattern bracelets and brooches similar to 1924 examples depicting hieroglyphs.
    Jill Newman, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Attraction is the point—the promise of fulfillment, rather than its depiction, is the reward.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
  • For her, the novel’s depiction of Haitian life in Miami is immediately recognizable.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Before that, the monarchy had promoted a more secular and westernized image of women.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The images conveyed gravity, purpose and leadership in a time of existential crisis.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Narrative art that tells a story has appeared in many forms, from cave drawings and hieroglyphics to paintings, murals, illustrations, comics, and sculpture.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Ursone reckoned that the distinct rites and language of their marine tribe would, to polite society, resemble hieroglyphics.
    Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • Virginia offers perhaps the clearest illustration of what this can mean for an individual power market.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Subscription books were fancy and rich in illustration, not so much elegant as tarted up.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Other works set to screen at the BFI include several of Maldoror’s non-fiction films, like Aimé Césaire, A Man, A Land, a documentary portrait of the Martinican author Aimé Césaire.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The story begins as a richly detailed portrait of a woman who quietly accepts her role as the wife of a man who doesn’t recognize her value.
    Ed Masley, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Ideogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideogram. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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