general semantics
a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
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The principles of general semantics come in very handy in my business, especially in criminal-investigation work, like this.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for general semantics
(functioning as singular) a school of thought, founded by Alfred Korzybski, that stresses the arbitrary nature of language and other symbols and the problems that result from misunderstanding their nature
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