| 单词 | semiotic |
| 释义 | semiotic (once / 79325 pages) adj Use the adjective semiotic to describe something that has to do with the study of symbols. You're most likely to come across the word semiotic in a college linguistics class. The study of signs, analogies, metaphors, symbolism — and the way they're used in language to aid communication — is called semiotics. Anything having to do with this field is semiotic. The Greek word semeiotikos means "observant of signs," and its root is sema, or "sign." WORD FAMILYsemiotic: semiotical, semiotics+/semiotician: semioticians/semiotics: semiotician USAGE EXAMPLESAnd until the semiotics are confronted head on, poverty will perpetuate. Time(Dec 01, 2016) The album of the future, as a concept, will occupy a similar semiotic significance to vinyl in 2016. The Guardian(Oct 17, 2016) I am a pathologist nauseated by the cavalier use of illness semiotics to describe Trumpism’s encroachment into the body politic. Washington Post(Oct 13, 2016) adj of or relating to semiotics semiotic analysis Syn semiotical |
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