semiotic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
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.
2025 August 20, Richard Garnett, “The Ten Commandments and a “secular purpose””, in SCOTUSblog:Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.
2012, Michele Zappavigna, Discourse of Twitter and Social Media:
- (dated, not-comparable) symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| semiotical | alternative | lexicographic | |
| semeiotical | alternative | lexicographic | |
| semeiotic | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
exosemiotic · endosemiotic · zoosemiotic · semiotically · phytosemiotic · intersemiotic · metasemiotic · transsemiotic · nonsemiotic · psychosemiotic · biosemiotic · anthroposemiotic · multisemiotic · semioticist · semiotician
Translations (14)
sh semiotski (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · nb semiotisk (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · es semiótico (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · fi semioottinen (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · ia semiotic (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · it semiotico (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · fr sémiotique (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · ro semiotic (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · nn semiotisk (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · de semiotisch (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · mk семиотички (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · nl semiotisch (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · pt semiótico (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics) · sh семиотски (of or relating to semiotics or to semantics)