signification
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Saussure held that there were structural laws that define how linguistic signification operated; the semiotics of Saussure and Pierce were the means of discovering these laws.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The apartment signs of L.A. announce location through flair, decadence, strangeness, absurdity, signification.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
Census Bureau recorded signification population loss from its 2000 to 2020 counts.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2021
Very few platinum-level artists have legacies so oversaturated with signification as the rechristened Chicks’.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020
Cælius Rhodiginus when busied in his interpretation of Pliny, could only find the proper signification of the word ectrapali in his slumbers.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)