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semiotics

[see-mee-ot-iks, sem-ee-, see-mahy-] / ˌsi miˈɒt ɪks, ˌsɛm i-, ˌsi maɪ- /
NOUN
study of signs as elements of communication
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If decoding the Leipzig affair and its actual or possible ramifications seems to require an advanced degree in international semiotics, the reported facts are straightforward enough.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

How we get to that point is complicated, both because the book is a murder mystery and because its author was one of the foremost thinkers in the field of semiotics.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025

Stallone’s presence in the earlier “Creed” movies ensured that the franchise remained tethered to his legacy, with its sequels and fraught semiotics, even if the titles no longer carried the Rocky name.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

So that’s one way to talk about it, is just semiotics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

A degree in semiotics was not required to see that I was in the presence of an ironist.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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