Metagraphy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Metagraphy is a noun meaning (art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy.
Meaning
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy.
More Meanings
- (linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
- (obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration.
Example Sentences
Considerable attention will be paid to metagrapnic methods, and to the application of metagraphy to foreign languages.
Pilico and Aztec's presence in Spanish ritual, through metagraphy, novelistic speech, and heteroglossia, marks their presence in a dialogue.
[…] in an attempt to elaborate a sort of hypergraphy, or super-writing, produced to go beyond the limits of the preceding metagraphy, or post-writing.
Metagraphy: symbols understood even though they have no conventional counterpart in speech. For example, footprints to illustrate walking or sawing wood for snoring.
Word Forms
- metagraphies
Synonyms for metagraphy
Depending on context, synonyms include transliteration.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transliteration, logography, heterography, graphogram, romanization, metagrammatism.
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