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Originally Posted by whswhs
The scholarly volume The World's Writing Systems, which I have owned for some time, denies the concept of "ideogram" in writing, saying that the characters in question are more accurately called "logograms," as they stand for words, not for abstract ideas. Since this is from a major scholarly press and is the most comprehensive book on the subject I know of, I'm inclined to think there judgment may have good standing.
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The idea of a true ideogram seems a bit, I think the word I'm looking for is reductionist. If I'm misusing the word, please correct me.
Every thought we have is colored by culture, experience, and our biology as well as being context dependent.
I don't always like the word, holistic, but I think with language and writing specifically, it fits.
If I'm misusing that word...