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ALPHABETIC WRITING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A writing system based on alphabetic characters
Synonyms:
alphabetic script; alphabetic writing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("alphabetic writing" is a kind of...):
orthography; writing system (a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols)