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semiotics

[ see-mee-ot-iks, sem-ee-, see-mahy- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the study of signs and symbols as elements of communicative behavior; the analysis of systems of communication, as language, gestures, or clothing.
  2. a general theory of signs and symbolism, usually divided into the branches of pragmatics, semantics, and syntactics.


semiotics

/ ˌsiːmɪ-; ˌsɛmɪˈɒtɪks /

noun

  1. the study of signs and symbols, esp the relations between written or spoken signs and their referents in the physical world or the world of ideas See also semantics syntactics pragmatics
  2. the scientific study of the symptoms of disease; symptomatology
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • se·mi·o·ti·cian [see-mee-, uh, -, tish, -, uh, n, sem-ee-, see-mahy-], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semiotics1

First recorded in 1875–80; semiotic, -ics
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Example Sentences

Because these animals were going to be surrounded by street signs we chose to use the concept of semiotics in the design project.

In semiotics, a word is called a signifier, and what it means or describes is the signified.

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I resisted the then-loud siren song of Semiotics at Brown, and studied English instead.

So far, the semiotics out of Copenhagen Chic have split into (melting) poles.

When she became an Islamic revolutionary, the chador was all about powerful semiotics.

To people attuned to semiotics, the ad was a powerful visual device.

Moreover, Charles Sanders Peirce considered semiotics as being the logic of vagueness.

His semiotics is the result of the fundamental pragmatic philosophy he developed.

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