iconography
pronunciation
How to pronounce iconography in British English:
UK [ˌaɪkəˈnɒgrəfi]
How to pronounce iconography in American English:
US [ˌaɪkəˈnɑgrəfi]
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- Noun:
- the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
Word Origin
- iconography (n.)
- 1620s, from Medieval Latin iconographia, from Greek eikonographia "sketch, description," from eikon (see icon) + -graphia (see -graphy). Related: Iconographic.
Example
- 1. The entire chase is visualized using contemporary digital map iconography .
- 2. Some think the depictions were based on the iconography of roman gods .
- 3. Our core business is all about interface design and iconography .
- 4. He said copper coins with phoenician iconography have also also been discovered in north america .
- 5. Music education in ancient greece through the prism of music iconography .