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English noun: cryptography

1. cryptography (cognition) the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms


Synonymscryptanalysis, cryptanalytics, cryptology


Broader (hypernym)science, scientific discipline

2. cryptography (act) act of writing in code or cipher


Synonymscoding, secret writing, steganography


Broader (hypernym)committal to writing, writing


Narrower (hyponym)decipherment, decoding, decryption, encoding, encryption, recoding









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