semiosis
semiosis · semiosises
Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaningAny activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, including the production of meaning.
Origin
Coined by Charles Sanders Peirce to describe a process that interprets signs as referringCoined by Charles Sanders Peirce to describe a process that interprets signs as referring to their objects, as described in his theory of sign relations, or semiotics.
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Forms
plural: semiosises| Singular | semiosis |
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Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable