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semiotics

noun
/ˌsɛm.iˈɒt.ɪks/UK/ˌsɛm.iˈɑt.ɪks/US

Etymology

Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from σημειόω (sēmeióō, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”).

  1. derived from σημειωτικός

Definitions

  1. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.

  2. The study of medical signs and symptoms

    The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

The neighborhood

Derived

anthroposemiotics, biosemiotics, endosemiotics, exosemiotics, phytosemiotics, psychosemiotics, sociological semiotics, sociosemiotics, zoosemiotics

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semiotics. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA