Definition of semiotics Semiotics

/sɛˌmiɑˈtɪks/ - [semeeatiks] - se•mi•ot•ics

We found 7 definitions of semiotics from 6 different sources.

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What does semiotics mean?

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Noun

Plural: semiotics

semiotics - (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
  semiology
  philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
  philosophy any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • semiotics (n.)
    Semeiology.
  • semiotics (n.)
    Same as Semeiotics.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • semiotics
    The study of sign processes, or signification and communication, signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems.

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  • Semiotics (or semiology) is a theoretical framework for the study of the meaning of language, signs and symbols. It was first developed in the early 20th century, separately, by the Swiss Ferdinand Saussure and Charles Sanders Pierce of the U.S.A.

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