cartography
/kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.67 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the early years of my psychedelic research, I sketched a vastly expanded cartography of the psyche that seems to meet this challenge."
- "The Dalit feminist standpoint, and more specifically the national Federation of Dalit Women, provide in very clear terms a cartography of governance that forces an official reckoning of a new way of seeing."
- "Since this cartography is not a representation of already existing spaces or cinematic forms but is rather oriented towards the new, it could be described as a cartography of the virtual; however, since Ruiz's work makes a point of departing from the normative rules of cinematic construction as a first principle, this book will outline Ruiz's cartography of images as a cartography of the impossible."
- "In short, the volume aims to provide the reader with the coordinates for current debates in global art and to develop a cartography of the various conceptual and methodological intersections that global art studies is addressing today."
Etymology
From French cartographie, from carte (“map”) (ultimately from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “map”)) + -graphie (“-graphy”) (from γράφω (gráphō, “write”)); carto- (“map”) + -graphy.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɐː(ɹ)ˈtɔɡɹəfɪi̯/
- British English: /kɑːˈtɒɡɹəfi/