grapho-, graph-, -graph, -graphy, -grapher, -graphia +

(Greek: to scratch; to write, to record, to draw, to describe; that which is written or described)

As indicated at the bottom of this page, there are at least 1,140 graphic word groups in this unit. Such an extensive listing is provided to show how significant the grapho- element is to the English language.

pseudagraphia, pseudographia

1. Partial agraphia in which one can do no original writing, but can copy correctly.
2. The writing of meaningless symbols or signs.

pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraphal

A collective term for books or writings bearing a false title, or ascribed to another than the true author; spurious writings; specifically applied to certain Jewish writings composed about the beginning of the Christian era, but ascribed to various patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament.

pseudepigraphy

Giving false credit for a piece of writing to an author who did not do the written work.

pseudoagraphia

1. A condition in which a patient can copy writing, but cannot write except in a meaningless and illegible manner.
2. Partial agraphia in which one can do no original writing, but who can copy something correctly.

pseudograph

A spurious writing; a literary work purporting to be by another than the real author.

pseudographia

A false writing referring to a literary work which is given to someone who is not the actual author.

pseudographic

Relating to a false writing; a spurious document; a forgery.

pseudography

1. The writing of words falsely, i.e. not according to the sound, or not according to usage.
2. False, incorrect, or bad spelling; an instance of this.

psychobiography

A biographical study focusing on psychological factors, as childhood traumas and unconscious motives.

psychograph

1. A chart that lists personality traits.
2. A history of the personality of an individual.

psychography, psychographic

1. The history, description, or delineation of the mind or soul, or of mind in the abstract; the descriptive branch of psychology.
2. Supposed spirit-writing by the hand or intervention of a medium.
3. The literary characterization of an individual, real or fictional, that uses psychoanalytical and psychological categories and theories; a psychological biography or character description.

The literary characterization of an individual, real or fictional, that uses psychoanalytical and psychological categories and theories; a psychological biography or character description.

pteridography

A written description of ferns.

pterographic

A reference to the written description of feathers or plumage.

pterography

The written description of feathers or plumage.

pterylography

The study or description of the arrangement of feathers.

Related "writing" word units: glypto-; gram-; scrib-, script-.