Overcoding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Overcoding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of overcode.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of overcode.
More Meanings
- (semiotics) The use of established codes to take on new meanings, often thereby obscuring distinctions.
- (semiotics) An instance of overcoding.
Example Sentences
Stylistic and ideological conventions are examples of such rules used in overcoding.
The reason lies in the peculiar efficacy of the state in utilizing overcoding and rendering its principles and categories society-wide.
The story of Sade reminds us of the overcodings of eroticism and politics, particularly in turbulent times and acrss highly contested political terrain.
Representation is established through successive overcodings, and the meaning of a phenomenon is given by the dominant overcoding, through a process of one code (or signifier) replacing another.
Word Forms
- overcodings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overcode, recoding, code mixing, reencoding, overtranslation, decoding.
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