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Definition of iconography noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

iconography

noun
 
/ˌaɪkəˈnɒɡrəfi/
 
/ˌaɪkəˈnɑːɡrəfi/
[uncountable]
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  1. the use or study of images or symbols in art
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a drawing or plan): from Greek eikonographia ‘sketch, description’, from eikōn ‘likeness’ + -graphia ‘writing’.
See iconography in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee iconography in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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