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Definitions for semiotic
ˌsi miˈɒt ɪk, ˌsɛm i, ˌsi maɪ-semi·otic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. semiotic, semioticaladjective

    of or relating to semiotics

    "semiotic analysis"

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  1. semioticadjective

    Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.

Wikipedia

  1. Semiotic

    Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes (semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something, usually called a meaning, to the sign's interpreter. The meaning can be intentional, such as a word uttered with a specific meaning; or unintentional, such as a symptom being a sign of a particular medical condition. Signs can also communicate feelings (which are usually not considered meanings) and may communicate internally (through thought itself) or through any of the senses: visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory (taste). Contemporary semiotics is a branch of science that studies meaning-making and various types of knowledge.The semiotic tradition explores the study of signs and symbols as a significant part of communications. Unlike linguistics, semiotics also studies non-linguistic sign systems. Semiotics includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is frequently seen as having important anthropological and sociological dimensions; for example the Italian semiotician and novelist Umberto Eco proposed that every cultural phenomenon may be studied as communication. Some semioticians focus on the logical dimensions of the science, however. They examine areas also belonging to the life sciences—such as how organisms make predictions about, and adapt to, their semiotic niche in the world (see semiosis). Fundamental semiotic theories take signs or sign systems as their object of study; applied semiotics analyzes cultures and cultural artifacts according to the ways they construct meaning through their being signs. The communication of information in living organisms is covered in biosemiotics (including zoosemiotics and phytosemiotics). Semiotics is not to be confused with the Saussurean tradition called semiology, which is a subset of semiotics.

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  1. semiotic

    Semiotic refers to the study of signs and symbols, including their interpretation, connotations, and how they are used in communication. It encompasses various methods for understanding and analyzing language, gestures, visuals and other forms of communication, drawing on fields such as linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. Semiotic theory is directed towards understanding how meaning is created and conveyed in different cultural and social contexts.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Semioticadjective

    relating to signs or indications; pertaining to the language of signs, or to language generally as indicating thought

  2. Semioticadjective

    of or pertaining to the signs or symptoms of diseases

  3. Semioticadjective

    same as Semeiotic

  4. Etymology: [Gr. shmeiwtiko`s, fr. shmei^on a mark, a sign.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of semiotic in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of semiotic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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