semiosis

[ see-mee-oh-sis, sem-ee-, see-mahy- ]

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noun

, Semiotics.

the process of connecting a sign, the particular use of that sign, and the specific meaning the observer associates with that sign, such as when someone sees a red light as an instruction to stop, or reads the word tree and thinks of a tree.

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First recorded in 1905–10; introduced by U.S. philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce; from Greek sēmeíōsis “sign”

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In market semiosis, desire proves to be just as important, if not more so, than need.

Our time is in more than one way the expression of a semiosis with deep roots in the pragmatic context in which writing emerged.

The semiosis of the erotic includes the participation of the language of sexual relationships, without being limited to it.

The word signal, snap numbers, color code, and play name are part of the semiosis.

The semiosis of group and mass communication is very different from the semiosis of pointcasting.

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