semiotic

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/ˌsɛmiːˈɒtɪk/

Definition of semiotic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

(not-comparable)Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.

“Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.”
“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.”

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adj

(not-comparable)Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.

“Applying a meme beyond its semiotic used-by date is undesirable, lowering status.”
“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.”
(dated, not-comparable)symptomalogical (of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases)

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

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