graphism
nounUK /ˈɡɹɑːf.ɪz.(ə)m/ · US /ˈɡɹæf.ɪz.(ə)m/
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”).
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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.1993, Randall White, Gesture and Speech, Introduction, page xix:
- In effect, the analogy of writing that lies at the core of graphism has subtly colonized the conversation.2014, Colonial Mediascapes, page 297:
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- Visceral and biomorphic graphism resists dominant ideologies by maintaining independence from voice, but unlike other forms of disconnected graphism, visceral graphism does not engage in a degenerative turn; it inherently generates new meaning.2014, Rebecca Mark, Ersatz America: