English Explanatory Dictionary

semiotic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
  2. symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)

Pronunciation

/ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-semiotic.wav

Word forms

semiotic semeiotic semeiotical semiotical

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.

Derived words

anthroposemiotic biosemiotic endosemiotic exosemiotic intersemiotic metasemiotic multisemiotic nonsemiotic phytosemiotic psychosemiotic semiotically semiotician semioticist transsemiotic zoosemiotic
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