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
  • At a Black Girls Code summer day camp in Atlanta last month, roughly 50 girls built their own video games from scratch — part of a national push by the nonprofit to close a wide representation gap for Black women in the tech and gaming industries.
    Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Real-time indices, meanwhile, may suffer from inadequate representation across CPI categories.
    David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 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
  • The design includes an image of the President alongside the text of the Declaration of Independence, as well as a Freedom 250 gold flag and a depiction of the Founding Fathers gathering to sign the Declaration of Independence.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 31 July 2026
  • The series’ blend of soapy melodramatics and rough-and-tumble underworld menace will be familiar to anybody who has watched Power, but Power and its spinoffs have always been confident in their only-for-adults depictions of adults-only situations.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • New images circulating online appear to show what defense analysts believe is the fifth prototype of China’s sixth-generation J-36 fighter jet, according to a report.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The island now houses the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, where visitors can search digital images of ship manifests for the immigration records of their relatives.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Wild writes that Burroughs had a longstanding interest in archaeology and anthropology, and particularly in hieroglyphics.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • In this photo illustration, the logo of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is displayed on a smartphone in front of abstract background on computer screen.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There is no better illustration of speechlessness being deployed as a weapon, forcing the loquacious, as if at gunpoint, to fill the void with words.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall.
    Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
  • His new cinematic experience, for example, turns romantic ideas of the summer on their head to paint a contemporary portrait of longing for connection steeped in resignation.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

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“Ideogram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideogram. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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