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Meaning of iconography in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌaɪkəˈnɑɡrəfi/

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  1. Noun

    iconography

    Etymology

    early 17th century (denoting a drawing or plan): from Greek eikonographia‘sketch, description’, from eikōn‘likeness’ + -graphia‘writing’

    Definitions

    1. the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject

    Examples

    • « religious iconography »
    • « the propagandistic iconography of a despot »

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