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graphicons

graphicons is the plural of graphicon.

Meaning of graphicon

Noun

graphicon (plural graphicons)

  1. (Internet) Any of various kinds of graphical icon used on social media platforms.
    • Emoji are a subcategory of what Herring and Dainas (2017) classify as ‘graphicons’ (graphical icons) – a classification of graphical features found on social media platforms that also include emoticons, stickers, graphics interchange formats (GIFs), images and videos.2023 January 12, Lorenzo Logi and Michele Zappavigna, “A social semiotic perspective on emoji: How emoji and language interact to make meaning in digital messages”, in New Media & Society, page 1

Questions about graphicons

What is graphicons the plural of?
Graphicons is the plural of graphicon.

Words near graphicons in the dictionary

  1. graphicians
  2. graphick
  3. graphicly
  4. graphicness
  5. graphicon
  6. graphicons
  7. graphics
  8. graphics adapter
  9. graphics adapters
  10. graphics calculator
  11. graphics calculators

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Adapted from Wiktionary: graphicons (page history and authors); graphicon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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