semiology
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- semiologic adjective
- semiological adjective
- semiologist noun
Etymology
Origin of semiology
1885–90; < Greek sēmeîo ( n ) sign + -logy
Example Sentences
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At that time I was in graduate school, preparing my dissertation in the semiology of cinema.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023
There’s even a new word — the “mangeosphère,” or roughly the eating sphere — coined by the French daily Le Monde for these discussions on the semiology of a ham sandwich or an apple.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2022
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
One would like to drag semiology in here too, for the Slickers never saw a text they couldn't subvert.
From Time Magazine Archive
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