Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticryptography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-ticryp-tog-ra-phy
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We are considering not cryptography, but anticryptography, the design by a very intelligent civilization of a message so simple that even civilizations as primitive as ours can understand it."
"It is common in the art of anticryptography to include a cross-check device with the coded message so that the recipient may reassure himself that he has properly deciphered and understood the message."

Etymology

From anti- + cryptography.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

explornography chalypsography polynomiography hygrography videomicrography fictography photothermography xenography zymography ecogeography planetography antipornography

Questions

What does anticryptography mean?: The encoding of messages in such a way that they are as easy as possible to decipher.
Where does anticryptography come from?: From anti- + cryptography.

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