semiology
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of semiology
1885–90; < Greek sēmeîo ( n ) sign + -logy
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"Those boots mean something that is very deeply rooted in Texas semiology," Friedman says, referring to the study of signs and their interpretations.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
At that time I was in graduate school, preparing my dissertation in the semiology of cinema.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
Whereas, if you scan the hive mind for Fendi semiology, you get mostly a letter in the alphabet.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
What if Barthes — an authority on semiology, the study of signs and symbols — had discovered a linguistic secret of immense power, one for which people would kill?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2017
That manufactured importance is another way of deflecting criticism; semiology and sociology aren’t a matter of aesthetics.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2014
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