Semiotic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Semiotic is an adjective meaning Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
Meaning
Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
More Meanings
- (medicine, dated) symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)
Example Sentences
Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.
Especially when applying [the Lemon test] as a bar examiner might expect would have yielded glaringly ahistorical or politically inconvenient results, [the Supreme Court] regularly found reasons – longstanding historical practice, for example, or semiotic speculations about the social meanings of government actions to hypothetical “reasonable observers” – not to.
Word Forms
- semeiotic
- semeiotical
- semiotical
Synonyms for semiotic
Depending on context, synonyms include semiotical.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semiotical, semiological, semiologic, semeiotic, semeiological, semasiological.
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