signifier
Example Sentences
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Invoking Dylan seems like Springsteen’s signifier as to how serious he believes this moment is.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
A statement from trust said it had already implemented a programme of "signifier change".
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
This inverted perception: Where status once begot the signifier, the signifier now begot the status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
With every step on those cracked sidewalks, I passed a new signifier of urban decay.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
