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graphism

noun
/ˈɡɹɑːf.ɪz.(ə)m/UK/ˈɡɹæf.ɪz.(ə)m/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “to draw, paint, sketch; to write”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism, a suffix forming abstract nouns of action, state, condition, or doctrine”).

Definitions

  1. The expression of thought in material symbols.

    • The complex but fundamental relationship between language and graphism is one of the more provocative recognitions of Gesture and Speech.
    • In effect, the analogy of writing that lies at the core of graphism has subtly colonized the conversation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at graphism. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at graphism. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at graphism

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA