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legisign, n. Philos. and Ling.|ˈlɛdʒɪsaɪn|
[f. L. lēgi-, lex law + sign n.]
A term devised by C. S. Peirce (1839–1914) to designate a word or sign representing a category or universal (‘type’), whose individual occurrences are sinsigns or tokens of the type. Cf. qualisign n., *sinsign n.
a1914C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. 142 A sign may be termed a Qualisign, a Sinsign, or a Legisign... A Legisign is a law that is a Sign. Ibid. 148 The Interpretant of a Rhematic Indexical Legisign represents it as an Iconic Legisign. 1936Jrnl. Philos. XXXIII. 701 C. S. Peirce..called a word as a particular instance a ‘token’ or ‘sinsign’, and a word as a universal or kind a ‘type’ or ‘legisign’. 1966[see qualisign n.]. 1973Screen Spring/Summer 16 Certain of his [sc. Peirce's] distinctions have been completely absorbed into current usage, as for instance the type and token or legisign and sinsign distinctions. |