semiotics en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsiː.miˈɑt.ɪks/ (US)
- /ˌsɛm.iˈɒt.ɪks/ (UK)
- /ˌsiː.maɪˈɑt.ɪks/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /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”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
- (dated, uncountable) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.
Deriveds
zoosemiotics · endosemiotics · anthroposemiotics · exosemiotics · sociological semiotics · psychosemiotics · phytosemiotics · sociosemiotics · biosemiotics
Descendants
Holonyms
Relateds
sememe · sematology · semiosis · semantics · semantic · semiology · semasiology · sematic · seme · semiotic · symbology
Translations (38)
sq semiotika (study of signs) · de Semiotik (study of signs) · ia semiotica (study of signs) · hy նշանագիտություն (study of signs) · pl semiologia (study of signs) · nl semiotiek (study of signs) · fr sémiotique (study of signs) · sh semiòtika (study of signs) · ro semiotică (study of signs) · el σημειολογία (study of signs) · oc semiotica (study of signs) · az semiotika (study of signs) · ja 記号論 (study of signs) · nn semiotikk (study of signs) · cmn 符號學 /符号学 (study of signs) · ca semiòtica (study of signs) · fi semiotiikka (study of signs) · ru семио́тика (study of signs) · es semiótica (study of signs) · cmn 記號學 /记号学 (study of signs) · sv semiotik (study of signs) · id semiotika (study of signs) · it semiotica (study of signs) · ar سميوطيقا (study of signs) · tr göstergebilim (study of signs) · eo semiotiko (study of signs) · cs sémiotika (study of signs) · nb semiotikk (study of signs) · da semiotik (study of signs) · pt semiótica (study of signs) · fa نشانهشناسی (study of signs) · hi संकेतविज्ञान (study of signs) · ka სემიოტიკა (study of signs) · pl semiotyka (study of signs) · sh семио̀тика (study of signs) · cmn 符號語言學 /符号语言学 (study of signs) · vi kí hiệu học (study of signs) · id ilmu tanda (study of signs)