qualisignn.

a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. 142 A Qualisign is a quality which is a Sign. It cannot actually act as a sign until it is embodied.

a1914 C. S. Peirce Value in Universe of Chance (1958) xxiv. 391 I define an Icon as a sign which is determined by its dynamic object by virtue of its own internal nature. Such is any qualisign, like a vision—or the sentiment excited by a piece of music considered as representing what the composer intended.

1966 J. J. Fitzgerald Peirce's Theory of Signs iii. 65 The division into Qualisign, Sinsign, and Legisign, is based on the mode of existence of the sign vehicle, not on any relationship within the triad.

1988 Man Mar. 191/2 ‘Value’ refers to the fact that activity may have positive or negative results, and she adapts the term ‘qualisign’ (after Peirce) for the images through which these alternatives are presented to the actors as possibilities open to their choosing.

2000 Representations 72 100 The later..discriminations (rhematic iconic qualisign..and so forth) have not appealed to analysts of visual culture.