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semiotics

[see-mee-ot-iks, sem-ee-, see-mahy-] / ˌsi miˈɒt ɪks, ˌsɛm i-, ˌsi maɪ- /
NOUN
study of signs as elements of communication
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Arcane semiotics throughout the ship were carefully reproduced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The symbols themselves shift, even though the structure of the semiotics is always the same...

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2023

So that’s one way to talk about it, is just semiotics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2022

Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

A degree in semiotics was not required to see that I was in the presence of an ironist.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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